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Can a simple video improve End-of-Life care for seriously ill patients?

NCT ID NCT04778761

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether showing a video about advance care planning and hospice to patients with life-limiting illnesses can increase their use of hospice services and help document their care wishes. Researchers will enroll 500 adults with a one-year prognosis or less who receive home-based care. Participants will watch the video at home, and the study will compare hospice use and documented preferences between those who watch the video and those who do not.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Home ACP Video (a behavioral intervention: a video about advance care planning and hospice)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could help more patients with serious illness receive hospice care and have their end-of-life wishes documented.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral study, not a treatment trial. It may not change how patients use hospice, and results depend on patients watching and understanding the video.

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Study facts

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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 500 people

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

Started

Apr 2021

Expected to finish

Dec 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

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Ages

21 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 21 or over * Have a one-year prognosis or less as determined by Clover Health's validated algorithm * Speak either English or one of the other 25 languages in which the video intervention is available Exclusion Criteria: * Visually impaired beyond 20/200 corrected * Acute psychiatric illness or other comorbid condition that impairs cognitive ability to participate in advance care planning discussion as determined by the primary House Call Provider.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Patient Acceptance of Health Care

As listed by the trial registrant

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End stage disease Health care utilization

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Clover Health

    RECRUITING

    Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302, United States

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