Impact of a virtual nurse-led Early paLlIative Care IntervenTion (ELICIT) randomized controlled trial.

Vyjeyanthi S Periyakoil, Eric Neri, Kristine Isabel M Mallari, Hsiao Min Huang, Elizabeth Deleon Padilla, Kenneth Covinsky, Charles F von Gunten, Helena Kraemer

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03881579 (Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT03881579 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families

TypeinterventionalSponsorStanford UniversityRan2019 to 2026Enrolled200ConditionsDementia, Primary Palliative Care, Mild Cognitive ImpairmentArmsnurse-led supportive care assessment

3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Vyjeyanthi S PeriyakoilStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. periyakoil@stanford.edu.

Eric NeriStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Kristine Isabel M MallariStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Hsiao Min HuangStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Elizabeth Deleon PadillaStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Kenneth CovinskyUCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Charles F von GuntenUCSD, San Diego, CA, USA.

Helena KraemerStanford University, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Funding

National Institute of Health Grants RO1AG062239

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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 .

Identifiers

PMID42350622

DOI10.1038/s41746-026-02935-5

PMCPMC13669306

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