Clinical trials: Palliative
Complex Care, Medical Complexity
Complexity in Health, Education, and Social Support for Children and Young People With Life-limiting Conditions.
Children and young people (CYP) with life-limiting conditions represent a growing population with complex care needs that span health, education, and social care systems.
- Conditions
- Complex Care, Medical Complexity, Pediatrics, Life-limiting Illness
- Trial name
- CHESS (NCT07102433)
- Testing
- Children and young people with life-limiting conditions, their parents/carers, and professionals across healthcare, education, and social care sectors.
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 170 people
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Neurological Impairment
Music Therapy for Pain Modification in Pediatric Palliative Care
The purpose of this within-subjects randomized controlled trial is to determine whether two music therapy interventions are efficacious in reducing pain symptoms, in order to improve the quality of care for children in pediatric…
- Trial name
- NCT01456884
- Testing
- Live guitar and vocal music therapy, Vibroacoustic Music Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Paediatric Palliative Care
Effectiveness of Specialised Paediatric Palliative Care
This study evaluates the effectiveness of an existing Specialised Paediatric Palliative Care programme and reports on its potential to improve patient-, family-, health professionals-, and healthcare-related outcomes.
- Trial name
- SPhAERA (NCT04236180)
- Testing
- Specialised Paediatric Palliative Care (SPPC)
- Where
- 4 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Single-ventricle, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The PaTHS Descriptive Correlational Longitudinal Study
The primary objective of this study is to measure parent's post-traumatic stress before and after their infant's second palliative heart surgery for single ventricle congenital heart disease.
- Conditions
- Single-ventricle, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychosocial Impairment
- Trial name
- PaTHS (NCT04785482)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Multidisciplinary Collaborative, Palliative Care Model
The Clinical Effect of Palliative Treatment on Patients With Terminal Cancer
This study proposed a multidisciplinary collaborative team combined with a palliative care model and proposed to establish a team composed of medical staff in various disciplines to make up for the defects of a conventional…
- Conditions
- Multidisciplinary Collaborative, Palliative Care Model, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05683236
- Testing
- Health education, Comfort care, Pain care
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Shijiazhuang People's Hospital
End of Life, Communication
Informational Meetings for Planning and Coordinating Treatment
This prospective cluster-randomized trial examines the efficacy of a novel communication intervention delivered by trained physician and nurse dyads to parents of children with cancer within the clinicians' practice, to foster…
- Conditions
- End of Life, Communication, Cancer Metastatic
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT04330833)
- Testing
- Novel Communication Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care Parent Education
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Pediatric Malignant Brain Tumor -Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Palliative Re-irradiation for Progressive Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) in Children
Although DIPG is not curable, re-irradiation with a modest total dose and short treatment time provides good palliation of symptoms, improves quality of life, delays disease progression and has minimal and manageable toxicity.
- Trial name
- NCT01777633
- Testing
- Palliative re-irradiation for progressive DIPG in children
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
End of Life
Survey on Palliative Care and Law Perception
The primary objective of the current survey study is to obtain detailed information about European intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians' awareness of palliative care and relevant, local end-of-life (EoL) legislation.
- Trial name
- PCLAW (NCT06245525)
- Testing
- This is not an interventional study
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 523 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Pediatrics
Digital-storytelling Intervention for Rural-dwelling Children
The overall purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a web-based storytelling intervention for rural-dwelling children (ages 8-17) with serious advanced illnesses.
- Trial name
- NCT04665479
- Testing
- Web-based legacy-making intervention through digital storytelling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Tracheostomy, Care
The Effects of Listening to Fairy Tales, Listening to Fairy Tales in Their Mothers' Voices, and Watching Cartoons on Pain, Comfort Levels, and Physiological Parameters During Tracheostomy Care in a Palliative Care Clinic
This study aimed to determine the effects of listening to fairy tales, listening to fairy tales from the mother's voice, and watching cartoons on pain, comfort, and physiological parameters during tracheostomy care of children…
- Trial name
- NCT07210346
- Testing
- fairy tales, mother's voice, Cartoons
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
HIV
Longitudinal Pediatric Palliative Care: Quality of Life & Spiritual Struggle
Our goal is to advance palliative care to adolescents and their families. We hope our study will decrease suffering (psychological, spiritual, physical) and increase quality of life (QOL).
- Trial name
- FACE (NCT01289444)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered (FACE) ACP, Healthy Living Control
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 216 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Terminal Illness
Is Acupuncture Able to Reduce Nausea and Vomiting in the Terminal Ill Patient
A comparative effectiveness research design was used. The sample size was calculated to 136 patients, who were randomized to an intervention group and a control group respectively.
- Trial name
- NCT04378998
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 136 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
MyPal ePRO-based Early Palliative Care System in Adult Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
Randomized unblinded interventional clinical trial: Arm Intervention Experimental arm (n=150): Intervention group Administration of the MyPal ePRO system the intervention group will use the ePRO tools provided in the project.
- Trial name
- NCT04370457
- Testing
- Administration of the MyPal ePRO system
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Fontan Procedure, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Impact of Vitamin C on Endothelial Function and Exercise Capacity in Fontan-Palliated Patients
In this study, investigators will evaluate the effect of vitamin C on endothelial function, exercise tolerance and quality of life in patients with a single ventricle who have been palliated to Fontan physiology.
- Conditions
- Fontan Procedure, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Tricuspid Atresia
- Trial name
- NCT00974025
- Testing
- Vitamin C
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Palliative Care
Music Therapy for Palliative Care Patients
This study aims to find out if music therapy is effective in improving the quality of life of palliative care patients. It will do this by comparing palliative care patients who receive music therapy with those who do not receive…
- Trial name
- NCT02791048
- Testing
- Music therapy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Pediatric Cancer
Nurse-led Transitional Care to Improve Symptom Management in Childhood Cancer Survivors
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a nurse-facilitated interdisciplinary transitional care programme, based on the Omaha system, for Chinese childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) and their…
- Trial name
- NCT07273682
- Testing
- Counseling based on Omaha system, Usual Care
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Palliative Care, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Effectiveness of Early Intervention in Palliative Care for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Comparing to Standard of Care
Hemato-oncology patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy treatments experience different types of symptoms during and after treatments, which are often refractory to the established therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT06848270
- Testing
- Early palliative care integration
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Pediatric Neoplasm, Quality of Life
The PediQUEST Study: Evaluation of Pediatric Quality of Life and Evaluation of Symptoms Technology
Over 50% of children dying from cancer still suffer from symptoms that could be effectively alleviated. The purpose of the Pediatric Quality of Life and Evaluation of Symptoms Technology (PediQUEST) Study was to evaluate whether…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Neoplasm, Quality of Life, Outcome Assessment, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT01838564
- Testing
- Routine Data collection, Feedback of patient-reported outcomes
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Nutrition Disorders, Gastrostomy
A Retrospective Analysis of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Experiences
The application of PEG in geriatric-palliative care has not been well discussed. With the development of endoscopic procedures and PEG devices, we can perform this minimally invasive method more safely, even in challenging cases.
- Trial name
- NCT05075616
- Testing
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Okan University