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Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide : Epidemiological Study Conducted as Part of the Establishment of a Structured Network

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02843776
Acronym
EPIDESA2
Enrollment
65
Registered
2016-07-26
Start date
2017-01-01
Completion date
2017-12-31
Last updated
2018-07-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Suicide, Assisted

Keywords

Palliative Care, Euthanasia, Epidemiologic Studies

Brief summary

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaires completion

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Pontarlier
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier de Haute Saône
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier du Val de Saône
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Champagnole
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Lons le Saunier
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Saint Claude
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Belfort Montbéliard
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Beaune
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Chatillon Montbard
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier de l'Agglomération de Nevers
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier William Morey - Chalon sur Saône
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Macon
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier de Monceau les Mines
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Paray le Monial
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Sens
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Auxerre
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Tonnerre
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Joigny
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Réseau Opale
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Réseau Départemental de Soins Palliatifs de la Nièvre
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Groupement des Professionnels de Santé du Pays Beaunois
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Réseau ARESPA
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Réseau Pléiade
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Any adult : * Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, * At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person, * Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide, * Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas, * Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion criteria

* They are underage * The request was expressed by another person * The request is not an explicit request * The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health * The patient is mentally confused

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Census of requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Burgundy-Franche-Comté6 months

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026