Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

NCT02845817 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: DESA
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study take place in the palliative care units of Burgundy-Franche-Comté regions and at the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier. The main aim of this project is to analyze and understand the meaning of explicit requests to hasten death (euthanasia and assisted suicide). This involves conducting interviews with patients, carers to whom the request has been expressed and a relative chosen by the patient. This study aims to describe the request over time. This will be done through two series of interviews, one as soon as it is first expressed, then one week later.

Conditions

Palliative Care; End of Life; Euthanasia; Assisted Suicide; Qualitative Research

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 70 semi-structured interviews

  Qualitative data analysis - Theoretical concept saturation and thematic analyses. \[analyze and understand the meaning of explicit requests to hasten death (euthanasia and assisted suicide)\]

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

Qualitative research

OTHER

Semi-structured interviews

Other: Qualitative research

Interventions

Qualitative research OTHER

Semi-structured interviews

Qualitative research

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult not under guardianship or curatorship,
• Hospitalized in palliative care units of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier in Paris,
• At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
• They have made an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
• They are in capacity to meet researchers for interview,
• Having consented to interviews,
• They are covered by the French social security system.

You may not qualify if:

• Adult under guardianship or curatorship,
• They are underage,
• They are not hospitalized in Palliative Care Unit of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier,
• The request was expressed by another person or not explicit,
• They didn't consent to interviews,
• The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
• They are not in capacity to meet researchers for interviews.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon: lead
• Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

CHRU Besançon - Palliative Care Unit

Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 25000, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death; Suicide, Assisted

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Suicide; Self-Injurious Behavior; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Régis AUBRY, PR

  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Danièle LEBOUL, MCU

  Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Frédéric GUIRIMAND, DR

  Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Aline CHASSAGNE, IRC

  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Florence MATHIEU-NICOT, Phd

  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Anne BOUSQUET, Phd

  Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2016
• First Posted: July 27, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 27, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Locations

FR (1)