Welcome to the Meta-larc advance care planning trial
What Matters
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Meta-LARC is a consortium of seven Practice-based Research Networks in the United States and Canada. Includes over 900 primary care practices and approximately 4,000 clinicians, who care for over 3 million patients located in rural, urban, and underserved communities. Learn more about Who We Are.
An important aspect of this project is Engagement. We worked with patients and families, primary care clinicians and staff, and other stakeholders interested in advance care planning to improve the trial and make sure what we learn is useful to others. Learn more about our work with Engagement.
Our trial used the Serious Illness Care Program (SICP), an advance care planning program developed by Ariadne Labs.
This trial is funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®) Award (PLC-1609-36277).
We are currently working on the results from the trial and sharing what we have learned. We will be adding trial results as soon as July 2022.
Source: Patient-Family Advisor reflecting on their experience with the trial
Our goal is to make advance care planning routine in primary care. We want more patients to experience the best quality of life possible despite their serious illness. We want healthcare to be a positive force that supports the goals and honors the preferences of patients. This is why we are conducting a large trial in several different locations.
The seven networks are located in five U.S. States and two Canadian Provinces. Visit Who We Are for details.
The practices that participated in the trial are rural and urban, small and large, independent and part of health systems. This diversity enables our findings to be useful to a range of practices.
Our target was to enroll over one thousand patients or the person who helps them with their care, a “care partner”. Their willingness to answer questions and share their experience made this trial possible and will hopefully help improve care for many more people.
We want to share our progress with the trial and experience implementing advance care planning in primary care. And we would like to hear about your efforts, personal or professional, related to advance care planning. You can use the CONTACT link to send us an email with a specific comment, story, or question.
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