Goal Concordant Care Learning Laboratory

August 5, 2026 updated by: Duke University

Palliative Care Learning Laboratory

The goal-concordant care lab will develop and test strategies to optimize communication in advanced serious illness.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The goal-concordant care lab will develop and test strategies to optimize communication in advanced serious illness. The lab will test a variety of interventions, including triggered conversations and feedback to healthcare providers.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

5000

Phase

  • 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
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke Health

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

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Duke Health patient

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Usual care
Experimental: Intervention
Feedback to provider regarding frequency and quality of communication
Behavioral: Feedback
Providers will receive detailed feedback about the timing, quality, and frequency of their goals of care communication with patients

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Frequency of goals of care communication
Time Frame: 2 years
Frequency of goals of care conversations in the last 6 months of life
2 years
Timing of goals of care communication
Time Frame: 6 months
Proximity of goals of care communication to death
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Duke University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 12, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 1, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

February 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 14, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 26, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

May 30, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 6, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 5, 2026

Last Verified

August 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pro00106230

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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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