NCT03657121

COPD: Comparison of Existing Prognostic Tools for 1 Year Mortality and Assessment of Symptom Burden to Facilitate Advance Care Planning

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT03657121
Registration Date2018-09-04
Statuscompleted
SponsorNorthumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
CountryUnited Kingdom
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typemulticenter RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2019-01-16
Last Patient Out2020-12-18
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age35 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
6065ms / 13119 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
4736ms / 11303 tok
GLM
glm-5.1
12371ms / 11523 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status non-cancer non-cancer non-cancer OK
non_cancer_spec respiratory respiratory respiratory OK
setting_patient inpatient mixed → inpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: mixed Requery: inpatient — The study recruits patients who are admitted to the hospital with COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalization, and the data collection occurs during their hospital admission.
inpatient inpatient → inpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: inpatient Requery: inpatient — The study involves patients who have been admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of COPD and includes follow-up assessments over a year, indicating the intervention and assessments are delivered during hospitalization.
inpatient inpatient → inpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: inpatient Requery: inpatient — The study explicitly enrolls patients who are admitted to the hospital with an acute exacerbation of COPD (ECOPD), collecting baseline data on the hospital wards prior to discharge.
OK
setting_place hospital hospital hospital OK
feasibility N/A N/A N/A OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study that aims to develop and validate prognostic tools to facilitate advance care planning rather than implementing ACP interventions directly - it measures outcomes related to identifying patients who would benefit from ACP but does not provide structured ACP conversations or processes.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — The study focuses on prognostic tools for COPD mortality prediction and symptom assessment, with ACP mentioned incidentally but not as a core component of the intervention.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study focused on validating prognostic tools and assessing symptom burden to facilitate future advance care planning, but it does not administer ACP conversations or interventions as a core component.
OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no → no → no
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study comparing the accuracy of existing prognostic tools rather than testing screening as an intervention - the tools are being evaluated as predictive instruments, not implemented as screening interventions. Thinking: no — This study compares the accuracy of prognostic tools for predicting mortality, not testing screening as an intervention to improve outcomes.
yes yes → yes → yes
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: yes Requery: yes — The trial is testing and comparing prognostic tools for predicting mortality, which aligns with screening to identify patients at risk for palliative care needs. Thinking: yes — The study’s main purpose is to compare multiple prognostic/screening tools (e.g., SPICT, PEARL, BODEX) for identifying COPD patients needing advance care planning, so the screening tools themselves are the intervention being evaluated.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: no Requery: no — This is an observational study comparing the accuracy and ease of use of various existing prognostic tools, rather than experimentally testing a screening intervention.
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom yes yes yes OK
outcome_qol yes yes yes OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost yes yes yes OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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