Impact of a virtual nurse-led Early paLlIative Care IntervenTion (ELICIT) randomized controlled trial
In this 12-month, virtual, RCT, we compared usual care to a nurse-led primary palliative care intervention on chronically ill, community-dwelling older adults across the United States with varying levels of cognitive impairment. Significantly higher rates of advance care planning (89.1% vs 3.0%) and reporting of supportive care needs (86.1% vs 29.3%) in the intervention vs usual care arm highlights the improvement in the care of older adults with cognitive impairment. Trial Registration: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03881579.
Authors
- Charles F. von Gunten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-5109)
- Eric Neri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2236-9146)
- New Ross
- Helena Kraemer
- Vyjeyanthi S. Periyakoil
- Hsiao Min Huang
- Kristine Isabel M. Mallari
- Elizabeth Deleon Padilla
Institutions
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Digital Medicine
- Published
- 2026-06-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-02935-5
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00