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2024-10-26 @ 3:39 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06574672
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
None
First Post:
2024-08-21
Brief Title:
Embedded Palliative Care in the MICU
Sponsor:
None
Organization:
None
Study Overview
Official Title:
Impact of an Embedded Palliative Care and Hospice Practitioner in the Medical ICU
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-08
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
No
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The goal of this study is to investigate whether embedding a hospice and palliative care practitioner within a medical intensive care unit will improve patient outcomes and healthcare usage The practitioner will work solely within the medical intensive care units and offer timely as well as proactive consultations based on clinical criteria and estimated mortality risk The study team will compare patients seen by the practitioner to patients in an adjacent ICU and historical patients to determine whether patient care is improved by this intervention
Detailed Description:
The study goal is to determine whether an embedded palliative care practitioner in the medical ICU improves patient outcomes palliative carehospice utilization and healthcare quality metrics The medical ICUs included in this study are comprised of two geographically co-located units that provide care for medically complex patients from a large tertiary referral area Palliative care services are currently available as a consultative service at the ICU clinicians discretion for patients with palliative needs such as complex goals of care advanced symptom management or chronic critical illness Under the current consultation model palliative care consultation is requested in a minority of critically ill patients and consults occur on average 5-14 days after a patients admission Hospice services are similarly available on a consultative basis for patients that the primary team has determined are suitable for hospice however logistical limitations of hospice consultation may lead to delays in inpatient hospice transfers and home hospice discharges
This studys intervention is to embed a palliative carehospice practitioner within the medical ICUs as a dedicated palliative care and hospice consultant who will offer proactively triggered palliative care consultations early in a patients ICU stay as well as immediate availability for standard-of-care palliative care and hospice consultations
This studys intervention is to embed a palliative carehospice practitioner within the medical ICUs as a dedicated palliative care and hospice consultant who will offer proactively triggered palliative care consultations early in a patients ICU stay as well as immediate availability for standard-of-care palliative care and hospice consultations
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None