Survey to Determine Incarcerated Persons Views on Surrogate Decision Making

Part of paid clinical trials in Bethesda, Maryland.

Sponsor
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Study ID
NCT07751731
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 120 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Survey — OTHER
    Tablet based survey

Study Details

Background: About 180 000 of the people in US prisons are over 55 years old. Aging people often cannot make medical decisions on their own. People who cannot make their own decisions must rely on a surrogate. A surrogate is someone who helps the person s doctor make decisions for them. Researchers want to conduct a survey to ask people in prison who they would like to be their surrogates. But first, they need to find out if their survey questions are clear and easy to understand. Objective: To get imprisoned people s feedback on survey questions about surrogate decision making. Eligibility: People currently imprisoned in a US facility with access to Edovo. They must be able to read and write in English. Design: Participants will answer 26 survey questions. The questions will be on the Edovo Learn software platform. After each question, they will be asked: Was this question clear? If not, please explain in the box below what you found unclear. Also, if you have any suggestions for how we might make the question clearer, please include them. Participants will be asked to imagine themselves in a situation where they cannot make their own medical decisions. They may skip questions or stop the survey if they want. No information that identifies them will be collected. The survey will take about 15 minutes.

Key Dates

First listed
Aug 7, 2026
Start date
Aug 12, 2026
Status verified
Aug 2026
Primary completion
Dec 29, 2026
Completion
Feb 28, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
75,000 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: Incarcerated adults
    Adults who are incarcerated in the United States

Primary Outcome Measure

Views on surrogates [ Time Frame: end of study ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterBethesdaMaryland20892
David Wendler, Ph.D.
[email protected]
301-496-2429

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