EFFECTIVENESS: Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning by Hospitalists

February 11, 2022 updated by: Amber Barnato, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Hopewell Hospitalist: A Video Game Intervention to Increase Advance Care Planning Conversations by Hospitalists With Older Adults

Hopewell Hospitalist is a theory-based adventure video game designed to increase the likelihood that a physician will engage in an advance care planning (ACP) conversation with a patient over the age of 65. Drawing on the theory of narrative engagement, players assume the persona of a hospitalist physician and navigate a series of clinical encounters with seriously-ill patients over the age of 65. Players experience the consequences of having (or not having) ACP conversations in a timely fashion. The planned study is a crossover phase III trial testing the effectiveness of providing physicians with a link to a free version of Hopewell Hospitalist as a means for increasing ACP rates measured by ACP billing frequency.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
1261

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Hampshire
      • Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03766
        • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Hospitalist Inclusion Criteria:

  • Employed by Sound
  • Not previously included in the Efficacy Trial Arm of the study.

Hospitalist Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not employed by Sound
  • Does not provide informed consent
  • Previously included in the Efficacy Trial Arm of the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
No Intervention: Control: Usual Care
The control arm occurs prior to receipt of the video game intervention and reflects usual care. Each hospitalist 'crosses over' from control to intervention at a single time point.
Experimental: Video Game Intervention
Each hospitalist 'crosses over' from control to intervention at a single time point by receiving a link to the Hopewell Hospitalist game via email and logging in to play the video game.
Behavioral: Hopewell Hospitalist Video Game
Hopewell Hospitalist is a customized theory-based adventure video game that uses narrative engagement to educate physician players on advance care planning to increase physicians' likelihood of engaging in and billing for ACP conversations.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of Billed Advance Care Planning
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Change in physician advance care planning billing for patients over the age of 65 in the three months before and after the roll-out of the video game intervention at their hospital. Advance care planning billing is defined as the presence/absence of ACP charges (Medicare billing codes 99497 or 99498) during a physician's patient's hospitalization.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Merit-based Incentive Payment System Advance Care Planning Quality Score
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Change in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) self-report measure of advance care planning by enrolled hospitalists (MiPS-ACP quality score). The MiPS-ACP quality score is the percentage of patients aged 65 years and older who have an advance care plan or surrogate decision maker documented in the medical record or documentation in the medical record that an advance care plan was discussed but the patient did not wish or was not able to name a surrogate decision maker or provide an advance care plan. The quality score ranges from 0-100%, with higher scores indicating that a greater proportion of patients with an advance care plan documented in the medical record.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hospitalist-Managed Patient In-Hospital Mortality Rate
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
In-hospital mortality rate for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Hospitalist-Managed Patient 90-Day Mortality Rate
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
90-day mortality rate for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Sum of Resources Utilized by Hospitalist-Managed Patients
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Combined sum of resources utilized by patients managed by enrolled hospitalists during their index hospitalization (first hospitalization in the relevant period: control or intervention). It is a composite measure including: admission to ICU, receipt of life-sustaining treatment(s) including mechanical ventilation, placement of tracheostomy, insertion of gastric feeding tube, new onset dialysis. This measure ranges from 0 to 5, where higher scores indicate greater utilization of resources during the index hospitalization.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of Hospitalist-Managed Patient Admission to ICU
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of admission to ICU for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists during their index hospitalization (first hospitalization in the relevant period: control or intervention).
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of Hospitalist-Managed Patient Mechanical Ventilation
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of mechanical ventilation of patients managed by enrolled hospitalists during their index hospitalization (first hospitalization in the relevant period: control or intervention).
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of Hospitalist-Managed Patient Receipt of Life-Sustaining Treatment(s)
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Incidence of placement of tracheostomy, insertion of gastric feeding tube, new onset dialysis for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists during their index hospitalization (first hospitalization in the relevant period: control or intervention).
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Hospitalist-Managed Patient Length of Stay
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Total days between admission and discharge for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Hospitalist-Managed Patient Disposition Status Type
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Type of status upon discharge of patients managed by enrolled hospitalists (e.g., discharged to home, to skilled nursing, to hospice, deceased, etc.).
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Hospitalist-Managed Patient 90-Day Episode-Based Spending
Time Frame: 6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)
Amount of total Medicare payments between index admission and 90-days for patients managed by enrolled hospitalists.
6 months (3 months pre and 3 months post intervention)

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

For clinical trials, a planned measurement described in the protocol that is used to determine the effect of an intervention/treatment on participants. For observational studies, a measurement or observation that is used to describe patterns of diseases or traits, or associations with exposures, risk factors, or treatment. Types of outcome measures include primary outcome measure and secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Hopewell Hospitalist - Apple App Store and Google Analytics
Time Frame: 3 months
Number of unique downloads for the HH game will be provided by the Apple App store. Using Google Analytics we will be able to discern time spent playing the game for each individual hospitalist using their unique log-in passphrase.
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Sound Physicians

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Amber Barnato, MD, MPH, MS, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine�

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
July 15, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
August 13, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
August 13, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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May 6, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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May 6, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
May 11, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
February 25, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
February 11, 2022

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2022

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Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • STUDY00031186 - B
  • P01AG019783 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

We will share de-identified participant data and supporting information with other researchers upon request to the PI.

IPD Sharing Time Frame

Upon publication of the planned manuscripts. Data will be retained through February 2028.

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Data will require completion of a data use agreement with Dartmouth.

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • ICF
  • ANALYTIC_CODE
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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