GRACE - Graduated Response for Advanced COPD With Enhanced Support

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorCopenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

About this trial

The aim of this study is to explore the feasibility and potential for a positive impact of a graduated response for advanced COPD with Enhanced Support. The study is a randomized controlled trial of:

* systematic needs assessment * advance care planning * crossectoral virtual conferences. Researchers will compare quality of life and healthcare use of the intervention group with a control group that will be assessed for intervention need at the last follow-up.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

COPD

Exacerbation within the last year

Living in Høje Taastrup or Copenhagen

Cognitively relevant

Disqualifiers

Dementia

Psychosis

Substance abuse

Hearing or speech impairment

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Stepped care

    Other intervention

    Graduated palliative cross-sectoral care

  • Usual Care

    Other intervention

    Usual care at the outpatient respiratory clinic

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: InterventionExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: ControlActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

ICECAP-SCM

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

ICECAP-SCM

Time frame
3 months
2

ICECAP-SCM

Time frame
9 months
3

ICECAP-SCM

Time frame
12 months
4

HADS

Anxiety and depression

Time frame
3

Other outcomes

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