# Default Options in Advance Directives

> **NCT02017548** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Pennsylvania** · enrollment: 270 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- This Study Will Focus on Advance Care Planning Among Patients With Life-limiting Illnesses

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Life-extension default advance directive
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Comfort default advance directive

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02017548
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Pennsylvania
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-01
- **Primary completion:** 2016-11
- **Final completion:** 2016-11
- **Target enrollment:** 270 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2019-04-01

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02017548

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02017548, "Default Options in Advance Directives". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02017548. Licensed CC0.

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