Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:22 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:22 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03746392
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria, Patients: meeting criteria for serious illness (encompassing multiple acute and chronic illnesses) including:
* those used by the Dartmouth Atlas to study end-of-life care in the US: malignant cancer/leukemia, chronic pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, chronic liver disease, chronic renal disease, dementia, diabetes with end-organ damage, and peripheral vascular disease.
* patients over age 65 with markers of frailty: albumin level \<3.0 within 48 hours of admission and weight loss of ≥10 pounds in the past year.
* hospitalized patients over age 80.
* English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria, Patients:
* unable to complete informed consent procedures and do not have a legal next of kin
* restricted information status (e.g. prisoners)
* pregnant
Inclusion Criteria, Surrogates:
* involved in the care of an eligible patient as the legal next-of-kin
* English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria, Surrogates:
* unable to complete informed consent procedures
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03746392
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03746392