Improving Clinician Communication Skills (ICCS)
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Official title
Improving Patient Outcomes in End-of-Life Care Provided by Physicians and Nurses
Brief summary
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This research study is a randomized trial to evaluate a training program that is designed to improve the communication skills of clinicians. The training program focuses on care for patients with serious illnesses and their family members, and assesses effectiveness using patient and family outcomes. The long term goal of this research is to improve communication skills of doctors and nurses, thereby improving patient and family outcomes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00687349
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 6,086 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2007
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2013
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2013
- Last update posted
- Sep 15, 2014
2007 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| University of Washington; Harborview Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
| Veteran's Affairs Puget Sound HCS | Seattle | Washington | 98108 | — |
| University of Washington; UW Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98195 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 15, 2014 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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