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New tool aims to ensure elderly patients get the End-of-Life care they want

NCT ID NCT06002113

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Royal Victoria Hospital, Canada Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a web-based tool designed to help hospitalized patients aged 80 and older discuss their goals for end-of-life care with their doctors. The tool guides conversations about health status, survival chances, and personal values. Researchers will compare whether using this tool leads to better documentation of patient preferences and reduces unwanted intensive care compared to usual care.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Web-based shared decision-making tool (GOCD Tool)
What this could lead to
If effective, this tool could help ensure that elderly hospitalized patients receive end-of-life care that matches their personal values and preferences.
What could go wrong
This is a single-center study testing a tool, not a treatment. The tool may not change actual care or may be difficult to implement widely.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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.

Participants

About 1,200 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Oct 2023

Expected to finish

Jun 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

80 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized patients ≥ 80 years old with an acute medical or surgical condition admitted to any hospital ward * Previously or currently documented CODE STATUS preferences include any life sustaining therapies * Duration of admission ≥ 24 hours * English speaking, or translator present * Competent patient or substitute decision maker Exclusion Criteria: * Treating physician, patient, or substitute decision maker declines * Documented resuscitation preferences for comfort or supportive care * New diagnosis of life-limiting illness on this hospital admission, for example, new diagnosis of metastatic cancer * Clinically unstable, admitted to an intensive care unit, or currently receiving acute life support treatment (mechanical ventilation, acute dialysis, or inotropic/vasopressor support) * Readmission after index hospitalization * Pre-existing need for chronic mechanical ventilation (invasive mechanical ventilation via tracheostomy \> 90 days) or maintenance dialysis (peritoneal or hemodialysis \> 90 days)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Death Patient Preference

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

End of life Goals of care Patient preference

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre

    RECRUITING

    Barrie, Ontario, L4M6M2, Canada

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