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NCT06606470
All Providers Better Communication Skills Program' (ABCs)
NA trial testing All providers Better Communication Skills program' (ABCs) interprofessional provider education in Education of Primary Care Clinicians in 350 participants. Currently enrolling.
31 December 2026
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | McMaster University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Recruiting now |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 350 |
| Start date | 23 September 2024 |
| Primary completion | 31 December 2026 |
| Estimated completion | 30 January 2027 |
| Sites | 2 locations across Canada |
Drugs / interventions tested
- All providers Better Communication Skills program' (ABCs) interprofessional provider education
Conditions studied
- Education of Primary Care Clinicians — all drugs for Education of Primary Care Clinicians →
- Palliative Care — all drugs for Palliative Care →
- Communication — all drugs for Communication →
Sponsor
McMaster University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Education of Primary Care Clinicians or Palliative Care. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
High quality, person-centered communication for those living with serious illness benefits patients, families and clinicians. Evidence shows that clinicians rarely engage patients in these, sometimes challenging, discussions. Current education programs to build health care provider competency in serious illness communication are often inconsistent in defined purpose and use of terms. This education also tends to be oriented to treatments, not a person or do not cover the full range of difficult conversations between diagnosis and delivery of end-of-life care. The ABCs program is an education intervention for health care providers that features a blended format of online modules and interactive virtual workshops, relevant to clinicians at all levels of training and practice. This study will examine the effectiveness of this training (over no training) for impacting provider competency and behavior change in serious illness communication. All participants in this study will receive the full ABCs training, but at different times. The overall intended impact of this program is to improve clinician confidence and satisfaction in having conversations with patients and families about serious illness. The ultimate goal of the ABCs program is to increase access to early palliative care by empowering more providers to initiate this care.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians.
Seow H, Arora AK, Bainbridge D, Jia Z, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41318531 · DOI 10.1186/s12904-025-01954-5
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- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Last refreshed: 16 January 2026
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