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Brief Title: Assessment of a Serious Illness Conversation Guide (SICG) in Advanced Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
Official Title: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Examining the Use of The "Serious Illness Conversation Guide" (SICG) in Patients With Advanced Gastro-Intestinal Cancers
Study ID: NCT04077372
Brief Summary: The purpose of the study is to determine whether standardized implementation of a scripted template for discussing important issues that arise near the end of life improves the care of those who have advanced cancer.
Detailed Description: Primary Objective: To determine whether the Serious Illness Conversation Guide will improve the consistency with which providers have and document conversations regarding patients' goals and priorities as they near the end of life. Secondary Objectives: 1. To assess whether having conversations as per this model will improve the quality of care near the end of life as determined by appropriate care in concordance with their goals of care. 2. To assess whether having conversations as per this model will improve patient Quality of Life (QOL) as per a validated scale. 3. To assess in patients with concordant care whether this model will improve patient QOL as per a validated scale 4. To assess provider opinions about end-of-life conversations.
Minimum Age:
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, California, United States
Name: Tyler P Johnson, MD
Affiliation: Stanford University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR