An Inpatient Advance Care Planning Intervention for Older Patients With Hematologic Malignancies (Inpatient SICP)

University of Rochester

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hematologic Malignancies

Treatments: Behavioral: Inpatient serious illness care program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05433090

UOCPC22039

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a pilot study to assess the preliminary efficacy of an inpatient advance care planning intervention on outcomes in older patients with hematologic malignancies

Full description

Older adults with hematologic malignancies receive more aggressive inpatient care at the end of life compared to patients with solid tumors. Advance care planning may promote early serious illness conversations for patients with hematologic malignancies, leading to less aggressive healthcare utilization at the end of life. This pilot aims to assess the preliminary efficacy of an inpatient advance care planning intervention on outcomes in older patients with hematologic malignancies.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥60 years
• A diagnosis of hematologic malignancy [including but not limited to acute leukemia, myeloid malignancies (e.g., atypical CML, MDS/MPN overlap syndromes, CMML), multiple myeloma, lymphoma, or any other hematologic malignancies based on the primary oncologist's judgment]
• Able to provide informed consent
• Being managed in the inpatient setting
• English-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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88 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will participate in an inpatient advance care planning intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inpatient serious illness care program