Facilitating Advance Care Planning Discussions for People With Advanced Cancer

NCT06061965 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 2023-0430K99NR020358-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 36
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aims of this study are to (1) identify the advance care planning deliberation process among 20 dyads of patients with advanced cancer and family caregivers and (2) conduct usability testing among 9 dyads to refine the content and design of the web-based resilience-building intervention.

Conditions

Resilience, Psychological; Advance Care Planning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Usability

  Qualitative feedback from participants about the impressions of the website prototype

  Immediately at the end of the usability testing

Study Arms (1)

Web-based resilience-building

EXPERIMENTAL

The web-based resilience-building intervention will be implemented on a website and consist of (1) assessments to help participants (a) understand their coping strategies and (b) appraise their beliefs, values, and goals about advance care planning and (2) 6 weekly modules.

Behavioral: Web-based resilience-building intervention

Interventions

Web-based resilience-building intervention BEHAVIORAL

There are 6 modules on the website. Participants will be encouraged to verbalize their impressions of the website prototype.

Web-based resilience-building

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 80 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients will be eligible for the study if they (1) are ≥ 18 years of age; (2) have a cancer diagnosis; (3) are able to read and respond to questions in English with minimal assistance from family caregivers for interpretation; (4) have previously completed an advance directive such as a living will; (5) have a family caregiver who serves as a surrogate in the advance directive and is willing to participate in the study; and (6) have access to the internet on a cell phone, laptop, or computer.
• Family caregivers will be eligible if they (1) are ≥ 18 years of age; (2) are able to read and respond to questions in English with minimal assistance from others for interpretation; (3) are identified by the patient as a family caregiver who serves as a surrogate for health care decisions; and (4) have access to the internet on a cell phone, laptop, or computer.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who have cognitive impairment per a Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire score \< 8.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Chicago: lead
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60607, United States

Location

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 25, 2023
• First Posted: September 29, 2023
• Study Start: July 9, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 22, 2025
• Study Completion: May 22, 2025
• Last Updated: January 29, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-02

Locations

US (1)