Patient Initiated Note About Goals

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05637489

Acronym

PING

Enrollment

Registered

2022-12-05

Start date

2022-02-01

Completion date

2025-10-01

Last updated

2025-10-23

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Conditions

Chronic Disease

Brief summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of the Patient-Initiated Note about Goals (PING).

Detailed description

The PING is a brief survey designed to elicit patients' goals, preferences, and preferred surrogate decision-maker. In the PING study, patients will be assigned to receive either a nurse-administered PING or usual care. Outcomes include PING completion, subsequent goals of care conversations with providers, and healthcare utilization.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPING

Brief survey of goals and preferences

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Parallel RCT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient referred for Annual Wellness Visit at participating clinic

Exclusion criteria

* Non-English speaking

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of participants with subsequent goals of care conversation	2 months	Conversation documented in EHR (electronic health record)

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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