A Communication Tool to Improve Communication in the ICU

StatusActive, Not Recruiting
PhaseNot applicable
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  1. Results posted: Oct 19, 2026 Show 7 more changesShow less
    • Enrollment target: estimated 7600 to confirmed 7320
    • Interventions: Best Case/Worst Case-ICU Communication Tool (Other) to Best Case/Worst Case-ICU Communication Tool (Other)
    • Eligibility criteria expanded, about 9 words
    • Secondary endpoints revised (12)
    • Primary endpoint revised
    • Publications: details revised at 1 of 1 entry
    • Study description expanded, about 3 words
  2. 2 versions Re-verified since Oct 20, 2025, no change to tracked fieldsv6-v7
  3. Trial status: Enrolling by Invitation to Active, Not Recruiting
    • Primary completion date: Sep 30, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
    • Study completion date: Dec 31, 2025 to Dec 31, 2026
    v5
  4. 2 versions Re-verified since Dec 26, 2023, no change to tracked fieldsv3-v4
  5. Trial status: Not Yet Recruiting to Enrolling by Invitation
    • Site contacts updated at 8 of 8 sites
    v2
  6. Study First Submitted
  • Notable: the trial’s plan changed such as a big move in its timeline or size, a new primary endpoint, sponsor or phase, or recruiting opened or resumed.
  • Minor: routine progress and housekeeping, such as sites added or enrollment closed.
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Best Case/Worst Case-ICU communication tool on quality of communication, clinician moral distress, and ICU length of stay for older adults with serious traumatic injury. Investigators will follow an estimated 4500 patients aged 50 years and older who are in the ICU for 3 or more days and survey 1500 family members and up to 1600 clinicians from 8 sites nationwide.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT05780918
Lead Sponsor University of Wisconsin, Madison
Collaborators: National Institute on Aging (NIA), University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of California, Davis, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Grady Memorial Hospital, Froedtert Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Rhode Island Hospital, American College of Surgeons, Coalition for National Trauma Research
Conditions
(from sponsor)		 Serious Injury, Communication
Related terms Communication, Wounds and Injuries
Enrollment 7,320 participants
Start Date
Primary Completion (estimated)
Study Completion (estimated)
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