Goal Concordant Care Learning Laboratory

Launched by DUKE UNIVERSITY · May 26, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This study in adults who are Duke Health patients is testing whether giving doctors and other providers feedback about how they talk with patients about goals of care can improve communication in advanced illness (for people with cancer, heart failure, COPD, or dementia). Researchers will try several strategies, including triggering conversations and giving providers feedback on how those conversations are going. Participants are randomly assigned to either receive this provider feedback or to usual care. The study aims to enroll about 5,000 people and is not testing a drug or device.

If you or a family member participate, you’ll be part of the Duke Health patient group (age 18 or older). There are no listed exclusions beyond not being a healthy volunteer. The intervention targets providers, not a specific patient treatment, so you may or may not notice changes in conversations about goals of care. The main outcomes look at how often and how close to death these goals-of-care conversations happen, over roughly two years. The trial does not share individual participant data, and it is currently enrolling by invitation at Duke Health in Durham, NC, with completion expected in 2026.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Duke Health patient
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • None