Clinical trials: End of Life Care
Urothelial Cancer
A Study Of Avelumab In Patients With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer (JAVELIN Bladder 100)
The main purpose of this study is to compare maintenance treatment with avelumab plus best supportive care (BSC) with BSC alone, to determine if avelumab has an effect on survival in patients with locally advanced or metastatic…
- Trial name
- NCT02603432
- Testing
- Avelumab, Best Supportive Care, Following the planned interim analysis for this study: Avelumab
- Where
- 382 sites in United States, Argentina and 27 more
- Volunteers
- 700 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Lenvatinib (E7080/MK-7902) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) vs. Standard Chemotherapy and Lenvatinib Monotherapy in Participants With Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma That Progressed After Platinum Therapy and Immunotherapy (MK-7902-009/E7080-G000-228/LEAP-009)
Researchers are looking for new ways to treat people with head and neck cancer whose cancer has come back after treatment (recurrent) or whose cancer has spread to other parts of the body (metastatic).
- Trial name
- NCT04428151
- Testing
- Lenvatinib, Pembrolizumab, Docetaxel
- Where
- 120 sites in United States, Australia and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 408 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest
Pre-arrival Instructions Effect on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
The investigators hypothesized that pre-arrival instructions would increase the likelihood of bystanders performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT02007499
- Testing
- Pre-Arrival Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Dementia, Chronic Disease
Project to Improve Communication About Serious Illness--Hospital Study: Comparative Effectiveness Trial (Trial 2)
The objective of this protocol is to test the effectiveness of a Jumpstart intervention on patient-centered outcomes for patients with chronic illness by ensuring that they receive care that is concordant with their goals over…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis, Lung Neoplasms
- Trial name
- PICSI-H (NCT04283994)
- Testing
- Survey-based Patient/Clinician Jumpstart, EHR-based Clinician Jumpstart
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 756 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Palliative Care
Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
One in three Americans dies in a nursing home (NH) or in a hospital, shortly following transfer from a long-term care facility. The proportion of deaths occurring in NHs is projected to increase to 40% by 2020.
- Trial name
- IMPACTT (NCT01990742)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Team (PCTeam)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Heart Failure NYHA Class III, Heart Failure NYHA Class IV
Family Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Advanced Heart Failure
Overall objective is to test whether the 5-weekly family home palliative and end-of-life care (FamPALcare) intervention educational and supportive sessions will improve rural home end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) for…
- Trial name
- NCT04153890
- Testing
- FamPALcare
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- West Virginia University
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes
This is a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial (RCT) of an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Video Program for nursing home (NH) patients ≥ 65 years old who are cared for in 360 NH facilities (intervention arm n=119; control arm…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- PROVEN (NCT02612688)
- Testing
- ACP Video Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197,692 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Colonic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms
End-of-Life Care for African Americans
Racial differences in health care are documented across the health care continuum and persist in aging and end-of-life (EOL) care.
- Conditions
- Colonic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT02320123
- Testing
- Educational DVD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Liver Transplant Rejection
Study of Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetic (PK) and Pharmacodynamic (PD) of an Anti-CD40 Monoclonal Antibody, CFZ533, in Liver Transplant Recipients With Additional 12-month Follow-up and Long-term Extension
This was a multicenter, open-label, active-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of two CFZ533 maintenance doses in de novo liver transplant recipients.
- Trial name
- CONTRAIL I (NCT03781414)
- Testing
- CFZ533, Tacrolimus - MMF - corticosteroids
- Where
- 29 sites in United States, Argentina and 8 more
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Colorectal Neoplasms
Study of Lenvatinib (MK-7902/E7080) in Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Versus Standard of Care in Participants With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (MK-7902-017/E7080-G000-325/LEAP-017)
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of lenvatinib (MK-7902/E7080) in combination with pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in participants with metastatic colorectal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04776148
- Testing
- pembrolizumab, lenvatinib, regorafenib
- Where
- 95 sites in United States, Argentina and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 563 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Healthy
Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
The purpose of this study is to determine whether homeless individuals will complete a living will and whether guidance enhances rates of completion and to see whether filling out a living will has any impact on the care given at…
- Trial name
- SELPH (NCT00546884)
- Testing
- MI condition, GI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
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
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) Plus Epacadostat vs Standard of Care in mRCC (KEYNOTE-679/ECHO-302)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab plus epacadostat compared to sunitinib or pazopanib in participants with locally advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) with a clear cell…
- Trial name
- NCT03260894
- Testing
- Pembrolizumab, Epacadostat, Sunitinib
- Where
- 140 sites in United States, Australia and 18 more
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Incyte Corporation
Colorectal Cancer
A Study of Coformulated Favezelimab/Pembrolizumab (MK-4280A) Versus Standard of Care in Subjects With Previously Treated Metastatic PD-L1 Positive Colorectal Cancer (MK-4280A-007)
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of coformulated favezelimab/pembrolizumab (MK-4280A) in participants with metastatic colorectal cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05064059
- Testing
- favezelimab/pembrolizumab, regorafenib, TAS-102
- Where
- 152 sites in United States, Australia and 19 more
- Volunteers
- 441 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Terminal Illness, Critical Illness
Targeting Bias to Reduce Disparities in End of Life Care
This study aims to determine the ways in which clinician implicit racial biases affect clinician communication with family members of patients near the end of life and to test a novel physician training intervention to reduce the…
- Trial name
- BRiDgE-Sim (NCT05165888)
- Testing
- Communication and Bias Mitigation Training, Communication skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Terminal Conditions, End of Life
Evaluation of Methods for Implementation of a Comfort Care Order Set
The overarching goal of this research program is to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided to Veterans dying in VA Medical Centers (VAMCs), by transferring the best practices of home hospice and palliative care for the…
- Trial name
- BEACON II (NCT02383173)
- Testing
- Basic Implementation Approach, Enhanced Implementation Approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Pain
The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Care
The ACTIVE Intervention to Improve Hospice Caregiver Pain Management The major goal of this project is to implement and test this promising intervention in three hospice programs.
- Trial name
- NCT01211340
- Testing
- ACTIVE
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 446 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Dementia
The Hospice Advanced Dementia Symptom Management and Quality of Life Trial
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (dementia) are a group of serious life limiting illness that cause significant challenges to our public health system, with significant illness burden for both the person with dementia…
- Trial name
- HAS-QOL (NCT03681119)
- Testing
- Dementia symptom management at home hospice edition, Education and Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Advance Care Planning
Culturally Tailoring an Advance Care Planning Intervention for American Indians
This project has three specific aims: (1) culturally tailor the content of the Make Your Wishes about You (MY WAY) ACP curriculum and guide for one American Indian tribe; (2) assess the feasibility of the culturally-tailored MY…
- Trial name
- NCT05304117
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Carolina University
Cancer, Pain
ACCESS (Access for Cancer Caregivers for Education and Support for Shared Decision Making)
The project will test the effect of educating and supporting family caregivers of hospice cancer patients on their active participation in shared decision making in the plan of care for their patients.
- Trial name
- ACCESS (NCT02929108)
- Testing
- Facebook, ACCESS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 489 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine