A study to examine feasibility and effectiveness of clinic-based Advance Care Planning for Heart Failure

A Prospective study to Examine feAsibility and effeCtiveness of hEart Failure clinic nUrse-Led Advance Care Planning - PEACEFUL-ACP

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000044734

Enrollment

Registered

2021-07-01

Start date

2021-07-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Heart Failure

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who fulfill all the conditions below are eligible. 1) adult patients who regularly go to cardiology clinic in the Chiba University Hospital. 2) left ventricular ejection fraction below 40% despite guideline-directed optimal therapy. 3)mildly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction with unstable comorbidities. 4)patients in the transition phase from Stage C to D, or in Stage C and are interested in the disease trajectory. 5)consent to the continued ACP conversation with clinic nurses and doctors. 6)native or near-native of Japanese.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients who fulfill any of the conditions below are ineligible. 1) in Stage D and near end of life 2) unable to regularly come to the clinic 3) clinically significant dementia 4) life-limiting comorbidities with presumed prognosis within a year 5) reject to the study 6) decided as inappropriate by the investigators for other reasons

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in the score of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire between baseline and 6months after introduction of ACP	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactSho Okada

Chiba University Hospital Department of Cardiology

shookada-circ@umin.ac.jp043-222-7171

Outcome results