Clinical trial · Interventional
A Media Communication Intervention to Increase Engagement in Advance Care Planning Among Cancer Patients
A Media Communication Intervention to Increase Engagement in Advance Care Planning Among Advanced Cancer Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Failed to meet recruitment goal and lost study staff due to COVID-19
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Advance care planning (ACP) is critical to the provision of quality end-of-life (EoL) care and has been associated with greater likelihood of patients' EoL wishes being followed. Despite the importance of engaging in ACP, less than half of cancer patients engage in ACP and those with low health literacy are at greatest risk of not completing advance directives. Major limitations of prior work include not effectively improving knowledge of ACP and patients viewing ACP as irrelevant. The proposed studies aim to address these prior limitations by developing and pilot testing empirically grounded, novel, easy-to-understand, and engaging communication tools that apply the medium of animated videos to communicate ACP. Specifically, the proposed studies will develop and pilot-test four animated videos (description of ACP; importance of engaging in ACP now; importance of communicating ACP to loved ones, health care proxies, and providers; and how to communicate wishes and complete advance directives).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Care Planning Animated Videos | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance care planning animated videos | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Advance care planning animated videos
- description
- This arm consists of viewing four advance care planning videos: 1) Description of ACP; 2) Explanation of the importance of engaging in ACP now; 3) Communicating wishes to one's loved ones and family members; and 4) Communicating wishes to one's doctor.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Advance care planning animated videos
Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Usability of the intervention, as measured by the Utility Questionnaire (UQ)
- timeFrame
- One week post-intervention
- description
- The Utility Questionnaire (UQ) is a 12-item measure using a Likert-scale response format that assesses usability, likeability, usefulness, understandability, and convenience of interventions (0 = not at all, 4 = very). Total scores range from 0 (low) to 48 (high), with higher scores representing higher levels of utility for participants. The UQ has demonstrated strong reliability in previous studies of interventions and has been adapted and used by Dr. Shen to assess usability, likeability, and usefulness of animated video content. This will be assessed separately for each video.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
- Maximum age
- 89 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 21 years or older * Diagnosis of cancer * English fluency Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are too weak or cognitively impaired to participate will be excluded.
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