Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Code:

NCT06804226

Conditions

Traumatic Injury

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Video conversation aid

Usual Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation considerations of a video aid to improve communication and patient-centered outcomes in older injured adults

Conditions

Traumatic Injury

Study ID

NCT06804226

Start date

Mar 17, 2025

Status verified date

Mar, 2025

Completion date

Jun 1, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 1, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 65+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • English or Spanish speaking
  • admitted to any level of care following trauma

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prisoners
  • Existing do not resuscitate (DNR)/do not intubate (DNI)
  • Patients admitted while on hospice
  • Patients not expected to survive over 24-48 hours

Study Design

Enrollment

270 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Video conversation aid

active comparator: Usual Care

Interventions

Video conversation aid

A video conversation aid which provides information regarding life-sustaining care and encourages further goals of care discussions with a healthcare provider will be shown to patients or their surrogates (for those incapacitated and unable to make their own decisions) on admission or within 48 hours whenever feasible

Usual Care

Participants and/or surrogates will participate in discussions surrounding life-sustaining care at healthcare provider discretion.

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants who had a transition in code status from full code [ Time Frame: at time of discharge (about 5 days after admission) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Thaddeus J Puzio, MD, MS, FACS

713-500-7218Thaddeus.J.Puzio@uth.tmc.edu

Erin Fox

(713) 500-7965Erin.E.Fox@uth.tmc.edu

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Thaddeus J Puzio, MD, MS, FACS

713-500-7218Thaddeus.J.Puzio@uth.tmc.edu

Erin Fox

(713) 500-7965Erin.E.Fox@uth.tmc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Last update posted

Mar 30, 2025

Last verified

Mar, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston on 2025-03-30.