Pilot randomized controlled trial of an advance care planning video decision tool for patients with advanced liver disease

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UFERE, Nneka N. | ROBINSON, Blair | DONLAN, John | INDRIOLO, Teresa | BLOOM, Judith | SCHERRER, Abigail | MASON, Nancy M. | PATEL, Arpan | LAI, Jennifer C. | CHUNG, Raymond T. | VOLANDES, Angelo | EL-JAWAHRI, Areej

Background & aims: Transplant-ineligible patients with advanced liver disease rarely receive timely advance care planning (ACP). Tools are needed to educate these patients about medical interventions available at the end of life to promote ACP. Methods: This single-site pilot randomized controlled trial assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an ACP video decision support tool for improving transplant-ineligible advanced liver disease patients' knowledge about and preferences for end-of-life care. Intervention participants watched a 5-minute video depicting 3 levels of goals of care: life-prolonging care (cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] and intubation), life-limiting care (hospitalization, no CPR/intubation), and comfort care. Control subjects received only a verbal narrative of these 3 levels of goals of care. The primary outcome was feasibility (=60% enrollment rate). Secondary outcomes included acceptability of the video, patients' knowledge of end-of-life care options (6-item test; range, 0-6), and postintervention goals-of-care and CPR or intubation preferences. Results: We enrolled 85% (n = 50 of 59) of eligible patients randomized to the video (n = 26) or verbal (n = 24) arm. In the video arm, 81% of patients reported being very comfortable watching the video. Patients in the video arm had higher mean knowledge scores (5.7 vs 4.8; P < .001) and were less likely to prefer to receive CPR compared with patients in the verbal arm (35% vs 63%; P = .09). Conclusions: An ACP video decision support tool to improve knowledge about and preferences for end-of-life care is both feasible and highly acceptable to transplant-ineligible patients with advanced liver disease with a high enrollment rate and promising preliminary efficacy. Future studies should examine the efficacy of the ACP video for enhancing the quality of their end-of-life care.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2021.10.027

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