Clinical trials: Hospices
Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors
Nurses' Competence and Role in Survival Prediction and Prognostic Communication
[Background] Nurses' roles in survival prediction and prognostic communication have historically been limited due to role delineation, lack of formal training, and cultural norms.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors, Hospices
- Trial name
- NCT06962553
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Respiratory Viruses, Disease Severity
Virus-virus Interactions Among Patients Admitted to the Hospices Civils de Lyon, During 2022 to 2025 Winters Seasons
Respiratory viruses circulate throughout the year, and particularly during the winter. Consequently, co-infections involving two or more viruses can occur.
- Trial name
- INTERVI (NCT07805590)
- Testing
- Virologic results
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 114,230 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
End of Life Care, Violent Aggressive Behavior
Death, Dying, Violence and Aggression as Shown on Medical Television Series.
Medical TV dramas have become very popular in recent years. These shows are mainly created for entertainment and often do not reflect what really happens in hospitals.
- Conditions
- End of Life Care, Violent Aggressive Behavior, Television Viewing, Media Use
- Trial name
- NCT07416669
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Palliative Care
End of Life Care in Neonatal Intensive Unite
In China, neonatal death on 2019 was 3.5 per 1000 live births, which counts around 57,000 deaths. In mainland China, parents are mostly the main decision-makers in withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in infants and…
- Trial name
- NCT05270915
- Testing
- Family supportive care in EOLC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Hunan Children's Hospital
Death
Perspectives on End-of-Life Care for Medically-Fragile Children and Young Adults
Hattie Larlham is a specialized long-term care facility for pediatric and young adult residents who are medically fragile and intellectually disabled, whose daily care is provided by direct care staff, Habilitation Assistants…
- Trial name
- NCT00724646
- Testing
- Survey, Focus group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Akron Children's Hospital
End-of-Life
Improving Quality of Care for the Dying Patient in Hospice: A Quasi Experimental Trial in Liguria Region
This is a before-after phase II study, according to the Medical Research Council framework, investigating the feasibility of introducing the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) in 5 Ligurian hospices.
- Trial name
- NCT01470625
- Testing
- LCP Program
- Where
- 5 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 282 people
- Sponsor
- Regional Palliative Care Network
HIV Infections
Family Centered Advanced Care Planning for Adolescents With HIV/AIDS and Their Families
This study will examine the efficacy of Family Centered Advance Care Planning in enhancing quality of life, integrating effective end-of-life care, and preventing depression and anxiety among HIV infected adolescents and their…
- Trial name
- NCT00723476
- Testing
- Family Centered Advanced Care Planning (FCACP) sessions, Health education control sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Death, Pain
Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End
The BEACON trial (Best Practices for End-of-Life Care for Our Nations' Veterans) was a six-site implementation study to evaluate a multi-component, education-based intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided…
- Conditions
- Death, Pain, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT00234286)
- Testing
- Comfort care education intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
End of Life, Pain
Virtual Reality at End-of-life
The purpose of this research is to determine the effect that repeated, personalized virtual reality experiences have on symptom severity, comparing self-reported symptom severity both pre and post each session, and overtime…
- Conditions
- End of Life, Pain, Nausea, Fatigue
- Trial name
- NCT06149429
- Testing
- Personalized virtual reality experience
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Cancer
Building Evidence for Effective Palliative/End of Life Care for Teens With Cancer
To test the efficacy of FACE-TC on key outcomes, the investigators propose using an intent-to-treat, longitudinal, prospective, multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
- Trial name
- FACE-TC (NCT02693665)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Burden, Dependency, Mortality
Burden, Mortality and Supply Costs in Intensive Care Unit Patients
This study systematically observes in a pragmatic trail under real world conditions the association between strategies of therapy (maximal therapy, withhold, withdraw) and treatment success in three endpoint related initial risk…
- Conditions
- Burden, Dependency, Mortality, End-of-life Care, Intensive Care Unit
- Trial name
- PLV_Ulm (NCT04094428)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ulm
Older Patients Dying in Acute Geriatric Hospital Wards
The Effectiveness of the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
BACKGROUND Demographic trends coupled with a rise in chronic diseases mean that the population of patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care is ageing.
- Trial name
- PLaDays (NCT01890239)
- Testing
- Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
- Where
- 9 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- End-of-Life Research Group
Still Births, Bereavement
Perinatal Bereavement Counseling Training for Midwives
Perinatal bereavement is a condition that can lead to serious psychological problems for parents and their families. Bereaved women are at high risk of mental health problems (e.g.
- Conditions
- Still Births, Bereavement, Perinatal Care, Perinatal Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT06652373
- Testing
- Behavioural change through education
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
End of Life Care
The Effect of Repetitive Standardized Patient Simulation and End of Life Care Education on Nursing Students' Knowledge Attitudes and Moods
This research is a randomized experimental intervention study designed to examine the effect of repetitive standard patient-based education given to nursing students with end-of-life care education nursing on the level of…
- Trial name
- NCT05596487
- Testing
- repetitive standardized patient simulation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
How is the Term 'Harm' Being Interpreted and Documented on Hospice DNACPR Forms Following the Tracey Judgement?
To investigate how discussions surrounding Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions have changed following the Tracey judgement and how "harm" is being defined by clinicians working within specialist…
- Trial name
- NCT03195725
- Testing
- Review of notes
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Frail Elderly Syndrome
Implementing, Evaluating, and Scaling Up of the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long Term Care (SPA-LTC) Program
This study will evaluate the implementation of the Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) program using a cross-jurisdictional, effectiveness-implementation type II hybrid design (dual testing of clinical…
- Trial name
- NCT03935997
- Testing
- Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-Term Care (SPA-LTC) Program
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 594 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University