Card game aims to ease End-of-Life planning, but study never started
NCT ID NCT04065685
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if a nurse-led conversation using a special card game (Go Wish) could help more outpatients with serious chronic illnesses write down their future medical wishes (advance directives). The study planned to include patients, their relatives, and nurses, but it was withdrawn before enrolling anyone. No results are available.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Nurses: stable contract, with a diploma in nursing, fluent in French, being able to provide informed consent; * Patients: at least 18 years old, chronic progressive disease impacting life expectancy, being able to speak, read and understand French, followed by nurses of imad a least once a week, capacity of discernment, being able to provide informed consent; * Relatives: designed by the patient, at least 18 years old, being able to speak, read and understand French, capacity of discernment, being able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Nurses: temporary work, refusal to provide informed consent * Patients: existing ADs, terminal care, existing diagnosis of cognitive disorders or sensory motor impairment documented in the patient file related to memory loss or disturbances of speech that would not allow for a constructive exchange, refusal to provide informed consent; * Relatives: imad's professional, refusal to provide informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IMAD
Geneva, 1227, Switzerland
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