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NCT04730986 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

A Nurse-led, Advance Care Planning Intervention in the Emergency Department

A NA study, sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
76
Enrollment target

NCT04730986: Completed NA study, sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital.

NCT04730986 is a NA study that has completed, run by Brigham and Women's Hospital. The registered enrollment target is 76 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT04730986, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
76 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

ED GOAL is a 6-minute, motivational interviewing, advance care planning intervention. In this study, the investigators will pilot test (Part I) ED GOAL by training research nurses to demonstrate its intervention fidelity and acceptability on older adults with serious illness in the emergency department (ED). Upon demonstrating the intervention fidelity of this intervention in Part I, the investigators will collect patient-centered outcomes (Part II) of 100 older adults with serious illness after leaving the ED. Further in Part III, the investigators will conduct a survey to the participants' outpatient clinicians to find out how to optimize the care coordination from the ED to the outpatient office to facilitate advance care planning conversations.

Primary Outcome

Measure the intervention fidelity of ED GOAL Nursing administered by trained research nurses to seriously ill older adults or caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment in the ED (N=30). Trained research nurses will demonstrate intervention fidelity \>70% on a prespecified checklist.

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL ED GOAL Nursing

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 76 participants
Start Date 2021-01-29
Est. Completion 2022-06-01
Phase NA
Brigham and Women's Hospital

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What the finished NCT04730986 record still lists

NCT04730986 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 76 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 1 intervention - of which ED GOAL Nursing is the first listed.

NCT04730986 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT04730986 about?

NCT04730986 is a clinical study titled "A Nurse-led, Advance Care Planning Intervention in the Emergency Department". ED GOAL is a 6-minute, motivational interviewing, advance care planning intervention. In this study, the investigators will pilot test (Part I) ED GOAL by training research nurses to demonstrate its intervention fidelity and acceptability on older adults with serious illness in the emergency depart...

What is the current status of trial NCT04730986?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 76 participants. The study started on 2021-01-29. Estimated completion is 2022-06-01.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT04730986?

The interventions under investigation include: ED GOAL Nursing (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT04730986?

This trial is sponsored by Brigham and Women's Hospital, which has 937 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT04730986's enrollment target sits among peer trials

76 1062nd of 2000 higher than 932 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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