Can a One-Page guide spark better End-of-Life talks for dementia patients?
NCT ID NCT05596760
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a short guide called the 'Jumpstart Guide' to help doctors have better conversations with dementia patients and their families about healthcare goals. Over 1,800 patients and their caregivers are taking part. Researchers will compare whether those whose doctors used the guide had more documented discussions about care preferences.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Jumpstart Guide (a communication-priming behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical tool to help doctors routinely discuss patients' healthcare wishes, improving care alignment and reducing distress for families.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so it won't change the disease itself. Success depends on clinicians using the guide, and results may not apply outside this setting.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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.
- Participants
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1,802 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
PATIENTS Inclusion Criteria: * Be cared for as an outpatient at a UW Medicine clinic * 55 years of age or older * Have an ICD-10 code for ADRD documented in the EHR within the prior two years If patients are cared for in a primary care setting within UW Medicine or by a geriatrician or neurologist, only a diagnosis of ADRD is required for eligibility. If patients have ADRD and are not followed by a primary care clinician at UW Medicine but are followed by a subspecialist, eligible patients must also have an ICD-10 code for one or more of seven chronic conditions used by the Dartmouth Atlas, relevant for the specialist they see, to ensure that goals-of care discussions are applicable for these specialists in the care of the enrolled patient. These conditions by specialist are: malignant cancer/leukemia (oncologist), chronic pulmonary disease (pulmonologist), coronary artery disease or heart failure (cardiologist), chronic liver disease (hepatologist), chronic renal disease (nephrologist), and diabetes with end-organ damage (endocrinologist). Exclusion Criteria: * restricted status, legal or risk management concerns * without capacity to complete informed consent procedures and without a legal surrogate to enroll them (for the survey component or qualitative interviews) * non-English speaking (for the survey component or qualitative interviews) * patients of a clinician who has opted-out of the study will not be eligible for the study under the care of that clinician but may be eligible if they also receive care from another clinician in a participating clinic FAMILY MEMBERS Inclusion Criteria: * Identified (via the patient or the EHR) as the person most involved in care for an eligible patient in the trial * 18 years of age or older * English language proficiency Exclusion Criteria: * legal or risk management concerns * psychological illness or morbidity preventing completion of study materials * physical or mental limitations preventing completion of study materials * non-English speaking Not all patients will have an eligible family member to enroll. CLINICIANS Inclusion Criteria: * Physician or advance practice provider caring for older adults within UW Medicine clinics * 18 years of age or older * English language proficiency * (Interviews) Identified as clinician of record for an enrolled patient in the trial and received a Jumpstart guide Exclusion Criteria: * legal or risk management concerns
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States
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UW Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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UW Medicine Neighborhood Clinics
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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