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NCT05001009

Goals of Care Conversations Study

Completed
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
VA Office of Research and Development
~2,859 participants
Updated 2026-09-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 1: low intensity clinician trainingClinician Implementation Strategy Stage 2: high intensity clinician trainingLow patient engagementHigh patient engagement

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 3 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Percent of Patients With a Goals of Care Conversation Note Documented in Stage 2
Measured over From the start of stage 2 to 9 months later

Conditions

Seriously Ill Patients
Cancer
Heart Failure
Interstitial Lung Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
End-stage Renal Disease
End-stage Liver Disease
Dementia

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NCT05001009

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 3 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Aurora, Coloradono site contact published

  • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

    West Los Angeles, Californiano site contact published

  • VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

    Palo Alto, Californiano site contact published

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Study leadership

  • David Bekelman, MD MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
  • Anne M Walling, MD PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Veteran enrolled in VHA health care in one of the three study sites who is a current patient of one of the eligible primary care clinicians
Diagnosis of cancer, heart failure, interstitial lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, end-stage liver disease, and dementia
Care Assessment Need score of \> or equal to 90 using the one-year combined hospitalization/mortality variable

Exclusion

Prisoner
Pregnant
under 18 years of age.

What this trial measures

  • Percent of Patients With a Goals of Care Conversation Note Documented in Stage 2From the start of stage 2 to 9 months later

    Amongst patients attributed to a clinician who was randomized in Stage 2, whether or not a goals of care conversation note was written by primary care during Stage 2.