Clinical trials: Cancer Palliative Care
Cancer, Fatigue
Melatonin for Fatigue and Other Symptoms in Patients With Advanced Cancer
BACKGROUND: Patients with advanced cancer often suffer from fatigue and other symptoms and problems such as insomnia, appetite loss and pain. Problems that may have great consequences for their quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT00925899
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
Covered vs Uncovered Metal Stents for Palliative Biliary Decompression in Inoperable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
The purpose of this study is to compare the rate of long-term stent failure, defined as need for repeat biliary intervention following placement of C-SEMS vs U-SEMS for palliation of inoperable malignant distal bile duct…
- Trial name
- NCT01905384
- Testing
- Covered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (C-SEMS), Uncovered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (U-SEMS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Breast Cancer, Stage IV Breast Cancer
Early Surgery or Standard Palliative Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage IV Breast Cancer
RATIONALE: The primary tumor might be a source of re-seeding of distant sites and therefore elimination of this source of metastasizing cells by early local therapy may be of benefit.
- Trial name
- NCT01242800
- Testing
- palliative surgery, therapeutic conventional surgery, palliative radiation therapy
- Where
- 377 sites in United States, Canada and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 390 people
- Sponsor
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
Cancer
Care Partners: Web-based Support for Caregivers of Veterans Undergoing Chemotherapy
Given the growing strain on the Veterans Administration resulting from increasing caseloads of cancer patients, interventions are badly needed that assist patients in managing their illness, improve quality of life and avoid…
- Trial name
- NCT00983892
- Testing
- Caregiver website
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cancer Palliative Care
R21 India Pal-Care Evaluation
The goal of this pragmatic clinical trial is to test and evaluate a home-based palliative care intervention for utilizing community health workers to facilitate the delivery of palliative care to cancer patients in rural India.
- Trial name
- NCT04972630
- Testing
- Pal-Care, Control-Usual Care
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 112 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Critical Illness, Chronic Disease
Improving Communication About Serious Illness
The purpose of this study is to improve care delivered to patients with serious illness by enhancing communication among patients, families, and clinicians in the outpatient setting.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Chronic Disease, Terminal Care, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- ICSI (NCT01933789)
- Testing
- Communication Feedback Form for Patients with Serious Illness
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 817 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Cancer
Behavioral Nudges to Improve Palliative Care Utilization in Advanced Cancer
Patients with cancer often undergo costly therapy and acute care utilization that is discordant with their wishes, particularly at the end of life.
- Trial name
- BE-EPiC (NCT05365997)
- Testing
- Default Nudge
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 266 people
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Pembrolizumab and Palliative Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Esophagus, Stomach, or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well pembrolizumab and palliative radiation therapy works in treating patients with esophagus, stomach, or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
- Conditions
- Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Stomach
- Trial name
- NCT02830594
- Testing
- External Beam Radiation Therapy, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pembrolizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Cancer Terminal
Palliative Care for Elderly Outpatients
Our long-term goal is to improve spiritual care outcomes for elderly patients with cancer. The study team will use a spiritual intervention, Dignity Therapy (DT), to help these patients maintain pride, find spiritual comfort…
- Trial name
- NCT03209440
- Testing
- Dignity Therapy - Nurse Led, Usual care, Dignity Therapy - Chaplain Led
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 579 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Lung Cancer
Supportive Care for Patients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
The aims of this project are to assess the feasibility of recruiting patients and delivering a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer and to assess if among patients…
- Trial name
- NCT01883986
- Testing
- Palliative Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure
Expanding Access to Home-Based Palliative Care
This study will test the effectiveness of integrating an evidence-based model of home-based palliative (HBPC) within primary care clinics on patient and caregiver outcomes.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03128060
- Testing
- Home-based palliative care, Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Melanoma
Pilot Ipilimumab in Stage IV Melanoma Receiving Palliative Radiation Therapy
To determine the safety of local palliative radiation therapy used in combination with anti-CTLA-4 immunotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01449279
- Testing
- Ipilimumab, Radiation Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Palliative Care
With Love: Using Promotoras for a Hispanic Community Palliative Care Promotora Palliative Care
Despite being strongly recommended, the integration of palliative care in oncology has not been widely adopted. Very few people have access to comprehensive palliative care. Access is even lower in rural and Hispanic communities.
- Trial name
- NCT03736031
- Testing
- Intervention (Promotora)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
Gynecologic Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer
BOLSTER: Building Out Lifelines for Safety, Trust, Empowerment and Renewal
This research study is evaluating a new intervention, BOLSTER, which was designed to provide more support for patients with gynecologic and gastrointestinal cancers and their caregivers after a hospitalization.
- Trial name
- NCT03367247
- Testing
- BOLSTER, Enhanced Discharge Planning (EDP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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
Oncology, Solid Tumors
Study of Avelumab-M3814 Combinations
The main purpose of the study was to evaluate a safe, tolerable recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) and/or the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of M3814 when given in combination with avelumab with and without radiotherapy in…
- Trial name
- NCT03724890
- Testing
- M3814, Avelumab, Radiotherapy
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
Depression, Palliative Care
Methylphenidate for Depressed Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care
The purpose of this study is to determine whether methylphenidate is an effective treatment for depression and to document the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate in combination with an Selective Serotonin Reuptake…
- Conditions
- Depression, Palliative Care, Cancer, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00129467
- Testing
- Methylphenidate, Selective Serotonin Uptake Inhibitor (SSRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Bone Metastases
Lazanda in Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Radiation
Advanced cancer patients often require palliative (pain relieving) radiotherapy to treat cancer-related symptoms. The delivery of radiation requires patients to lie still on a hard flat surface, which can result in significant…
- Trial name
- NCT03071744
- Testing
- Lazanda
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Joseph Ma
Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder
Early Palliative Care With Standard Care or Standard Care Alone in Improving Quality of Life of Patients With Incurable Lung or Non-colorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
The study intervention consists of the early integration of palliative care services into standard oncology care in an outpatient setting for patients with advanced lung and non-colorectal gastrointestinal malignancies who are…
- Conditions
- Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02349412
- Testing
- Early palliative care
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Solid Tumors
M3541 in Combination With Radiotherapy in Solid Tumors
This dose-escalation study evaluated the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic, and explore antitumor activity of M3541 in combination with fractionated palliative radiotherapy (RT) in participants with…
- Trial name
- NCT03225105
- Testing
- M3541, Palliative Radiotherapy (RT)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.