Clinical trials: Pediatric Palliative Care
Cancer, Congenital Anomalies
Estimating the Global Need for Palliative Care for Children
A cross-sectional analysis of prevalence data from a stratified sample of 23 countries used to estimate the global need for palliative care for children aged 0-19 years.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Congenital Anomalies, Cardiovascular Disease, HIV
- Trial name
- NCT02553148
- Testing
- Need for children's palliative care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18,837,613 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Children's Palliative Care Network
Palliative Care, Micronutrients
Micronutrient Status in Pediatric Palliative Care
The goal of this observational study is to determine the micronutrient levels in patients in the Pediatric Palliative Care Clinic.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Micronutrients, Pediatric
- Trial name
- NCT06146452
- Testing
- Not
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Hospital
Pediatric Palliative Care
Analysis of the Hospital Node in the Management of Acute Events of Patients Referred to Pediatric Palliative Care
This study aims to analyze the role of the hospital node in the acute event management of pediatric patients referred to Pediatric Palliative Care.
- Trial name
- NO_SCUSE (NCT06797921)
- Where
- 7 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Psychological Distress, Quality of Life
Bright IDEAS for Pediatric Palliative Care: A Problem-Solving Skills Intervention to Empower Parent Resilience
The goal of this or clinical trial is to test in the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the bright IDEAS problem solving skills training for parents of children in palliative care.
- Trial name
- NCT05899998
- Testing
- Bright IDEAS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Cancer
FAmily CEntered (FACE) Advance Care Planning for Teens With Cancer
Advance Care Planning (ACP) prepares patients and their loved ones for future health care decisions, including end-of-life decisions.
- Trial name
- FACE (NCT01670461)
- Testing
- FACE, Standard of Care (SOC) Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Illness Terminal
The Family Talk Intervention When a Parent With Dependent Children or a Child is Severely Ill
The overall aim of this study is to evaluate the effects and the implementation process of the Family Talk Intervention (FTI) in clinical practice when a child or a parent of dependent children has a…
- Trial name
- NCT05020158
- Testing
- Family Talk Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College
Critical Illness, Neurologic Disorder
The "What Is Important to Us" Communication Intervention Pilot Clinical Trial
The objective of this study is to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a photo-narrative communication intervention developed by our study team with patients/parents of children with severe neurological impairment…
- Trial name
- NCT06208332
- Testing
- "What Is Important to Us" Communication Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
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
Breakthrough Pain, Palliative Medicine
Paediatric Breakthrough Pain Assessment
Many children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses get sudden bursts of pain called breakthrough pain. At the moment, there aren't any good ways to measure this pain in children and young people.
- Conditions
- Breakthrough Pain, Palliative Medicine, Oncology Pain, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT06790719)
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
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
Palliative Medicine, Pediatric ALL
Paediatric Palliative Care Pain Management in the Community
To describe the the barriers and facilitators experienced by carers and healthcare professionals when managing medicines for pain relief for infants, children, and young people approaching the end of life in out of hospital…
- Trial name
- PARAMOUNT (NCT04519632)
- Testing
- Qualitative study
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Advanced Cancer
The PediQUEST Response Intervention Study
PediQUEST Response proposes a new system of care that expects to improve quality of life in children, adolescents, and young adults with advanced cancer and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT03408314
- Testing
- PediQUEST Response, Usual Cancer Care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people
- Sponsor
- Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Occupational Stress
Virtual Reality for Pediatric Palliative Care Team
Is virtual reality a useful and usable tool to improve the psychological well-being of PPC operators? study primary obtv: assessment of occupational psychological well-being (divided into stress, depression, anxiety and risk of…
- Trial name
- PPCVR (NCT06247618)
- Testing
- visor
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Cognitive Impairment
Family-Centered Songwriting in Pediatric Palliative Care
This study evaluates the feasibility and efficacy of a family-centered songwriting intervention for cognitively-impaired children referred to a palliative care service.
- Trial name
- NCT04198038
- Testing
- Songwriting with licensed music therapist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Encephalopathy, Cerebral Palsy
Initiating Pediatric Palliative Care in ACT Group 4
Due to the wide range of diagnoses encountered in pediatric palliative care, the Association for Children's Palliative Care (ACT) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) have developed a classification of…
- Conditions
- Encephalopathy, Cerebral Palsy, Cerebral Malformation, Traumatic Head Injury
- Trial name
- StartSPP (NCT06273267)
- Testing
- Collection of data from the patient's medical file
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Tracheostomy Infection
Musical-animated Toys and Audio Books in Pediatric Palliative Care.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of audio book and musical-moving toy on fear, anxiety and pain in tracheostomy care of children in palliative clinic.
- Trial name
- NCT06121440
- Testing
- Listening to audiobook, Playing musical-moving toy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Gamze Akay
Pediatric Cancer
Video Inspired Discussions About Ethical Outcomes in Pediatrics
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the VIDEO-PEDS intervention works to improve Goals of Care communication between clinicians and parents of children with cancer.
- Trial name
- VIDEO-PEDS (NCT06786104)
- Testing
- VIDEO-PEDS, VIDEO-PEDS pilot, Focus Group
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 567 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Congenital Disorders
Palliative Care of Children With End-Stage Heart Failure
Palliative care in pediatric oncology and neurology is well described in the literature. There is a lack of information on the care of children terminally ill due to heart failure.
- Trial name
- NCT00327782
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Care Giver, Recurrent Malignant Neoplasm
PCRC-Supported Legacy Intervention in Pediatric Palliative Care
This trial studies how well a web-based legacy intervention works in improving the quality of life in caregivers and younger patients with cancer that has come back (recurrent) or does not respond to treatment (refractory).
- Conditions
- Care Giver, Recurrent Malignant Neoplasm, Refractory Malignant Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT04059393
- Testing
- Internet-Based Intervention, Best Practice, Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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