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Project Talk Trial: Engaging Underserved Communities in End-of-life Conversations

Join our trial to discuss end-of-life care with underserved communities.

Recruiting
18 years and older
All
Phase N/A

This study helps people from underserved communities talk about end-of-life care, which is the care someone receives at the end of their life. These communities often receive poor quality care and treatments they don't want because they haven't planned ahead. Advance care planning (ACP) is when someone talks about their wishes for end-of-life care with family or doctors and writes them down in an advance directive (AD), a legal document that states what medical treatments you would or wouldn't want.

The study uses two conversation tools to help people discuss their end-of-life plans and see how effective these tools are. Researchers hope to find better ways to help underserved communities plan their care, so they receive better end-of-life care and avoid unnecessary treatments.

  • The study involves 75 communities across the US and lasts for several months.
  • Participants must be over 18, able to speak English or Spanish, and not have an AD from the last 5 years.
  • Community hosts must recruit 20 people, have experience with events, and complete online training.
Study details
    Advance Care Planning
    Advance Directives
    Terminal Illness
    Chronic Illness
    Communication

NCT04612738

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

11 May 2025

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