Clinical Trial

ACP-Family Programme for Palliative Care Patients and Their Family Member

Recruiting
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Record status
This record was last updated October 10, 2024 (before its estimated May 30, 2025 completion). Its status may not reflect the trial's current state.
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of a structured, family-supported, patient-centred advance care planning (ACP) in palliative care patients and their family members. The main question it aims to answer is: • the effectiveness of the ACP intervention on promoting end-of-life decision making and psychological outcomes in patients and family members. Participants will be assigned to either the ACP-Family group (ACP-Family) to receive a structured, family-supported, patient-centred ACP intervention or usual palliative care (ACP-UC) at the hospital. Researchers will compare the ACP-Family and ACP-UC groups to see if the ACP-Family group will produce better outcomes than the ACP-UC group.
Protocol Amendment History 3 amendments
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended 3 times since 2023-06-29; most recent amendment 2024-10-08.
Status change: Not Yet Recruiting → Recruiting 2024-01-03
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT05935540
Lead Sponsor The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Collaborators: Shatin Hospital, United Christian Hospital
Conditions Palliative Care
Enrollment 170 participants
Start Date 2023-09-19
Primary Completion 2025-05-30 (estimated)
Study Completion 2025-11-30 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2024-10-10