Clinical trials: End of Life Communication
Advance Care Planning
Culturally-Adapting a Communication Intervention to Improve Palliative Care Literacy on Two Native American Reservations
This study will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived effectiveness of the culturally-adapted COMFORT Communication Curriculum in two Native American reservation communities.
- Trial name
- NCT03569150
- Testing
- Cultural adaptation/implementation COMFORT CC
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South Dakota State University
Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, Child Rearing
Comparing Children's Books to Brochures for Safe Sleep and Infant Reading Education During Prenatal Care
The aim of this randomized trial is to compare a specially designed children's book to brochures for safe sleep education via clinical providers at a third trimester prenatal obstetric visit.
- Conditions
- Sudden Unexplained Infant Death, Child Rearing, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT04031235
- Testing
- Sleep Baby, Safe and Snug, Read Baby, Every Day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Communication, End of Life
Improving Breaking Bad News in Pediatrics by Simulated Communication
Breaking bad news, especially a death notice, is an essential part of the medical profes-sional communication. Being inadequately trained in those skills this may result in un-pleasant psychosocial consequences for everyone…
- Conditions
- Communication, End of Life, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- SimCom (NCT06376188)
- Testing
- communication training
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Intervention Compliance, Usability
CSDM: A Trial to Improve Communication and Shared Decision Making Using a Web-Based Tool
The goal is to develop a pragmatic, scalable intervention to overcome problems with surrogate decision making in ICUs. The aim is to conduct a pilot study among surrogates and clinicians of 50 incapacitated patients at high risk…
- Conditions
- Intervention Compliance, Usability, Acceptability
- Trial name
- CSDM Pilot (NCT02955563)
- Testing
- CSDM Web-Based Tool Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Anxiety, Depression
Improving Patient and Family Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness
One in five deaths in the U.S. occurs in or shortly after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU), typically following decisions made by surrogate decision makers to forego life prolonging treatment.
- Trial name
- PARTNER (NCT01844492)
- Testing
- The PARTNER Intervention, ICU Usual Care Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives
Project Talk Trial: Engaging Underserved Communities in End-of-life Conversations
Compared to the general population, individuals from underserved communities are more likely to receive low quality end-of-life care and unwanted, costly and burdensome treatments due in part to a lack of advance care planning…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Terminal Illness, Chronic Illness
- Trial name
- NCT04612738
- Testing
- Hello (serious game), The Conversation Project (CP) Starter Kit, Table Topics (general conversation game)
- Where
- 79 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
End-Of-Life
A Culturally Specific End-of-life Communication Skills Training
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of culturally specific end-of-life communication skills training (CST) among Chinese oncology nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT05888480
- Testing
- The end-of-life communication skills training, Routine training activity
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
End of Life Care, Cancer
Serious Illness Communication Project
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the impact of implementing a "Serious Illness Conversation Guide" to guide patient/family-clinician discussions and planning about end-of-life care decisions.
- Trial name
- NCT01786811
- Testing
- Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 994 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Communication, Advance Directives
Choice of Diction's Effect
The purpose of the research is to determine how the language used when discussing preferences about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) affects decisions regarding this (code status)
- Conditions
- Communication, Advance Directives, Decision Making, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Trial name
- CODE (NCT04896411)
- Testing
- Alternative phrasing for no code, Standard of care for no code
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Maternal Mortality, Maternal Morbidity
An Implementation Study of Interventions to Promote Safe Motherhood in Jimma Zone Ethiopia
Ethiopia has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality among all countries in Africa and indeed worldwide, with a maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births in 2011 (UNFPA, 2012).
- Trial name
- NCT03299491
- Testing
- MWA intervention, IEC intervention
- Volunteers
- 3,784 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Palliative Care, Communication
Timely End-of-Life Communication to Parents of Children With Brain Tumors
A national priority for health care providers is to initiate early communication about palliative and end-of-life care (PC/EOL) for children with a poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01170000
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
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
Patient Engagement, End of Life
Advance Care Planning for Older Latinos With Chronic Illness
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial to learn about implementation of an intervention model, Advance Care Planning I Plan (ACP-I Plan), among older Latinos with chronic illnesses in…
- Conditions
- Patient Engagement, End of Life, Chronic Disease, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT06081660
- Testing
- ACP-I Plan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Communication Research
Using a Nurse-Led Communication Strategy for Surrogates in the Intensive Care Unit
Communication is one of the greatest health needs for high quality end-of-life (EOL) care in the intensive care unit (ICU), especially when patients are too ill to speak for themselves and rely on surrogates to make EOL…
- Trial name
- NCT03770481
- Testing
- nurse-led communication strategy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care
Nurse-Led Culturally Adapted Palliative and End-of-Life Training for Oncology Nurses in Oman
This study evaluated a nurse-led, culturally adapted training program in palliative and end-of-life care (N-PELTP) for oncology nurses in Oman.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- N-PELTP (NCT07460570)
- Testing
- N-PELTP Palliative and End-of-Life Training Program
- Where
- 2 sites in Oman
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Qaboos University
Palliative Care
Efficacy of End-of-life Communication Strategies on Nurses in the Intensive Care Unit
Burnout among healthcare workers is frequently reported, and one of the factors cited is the stress caused by end-of-life care. It has been reported that nursing staff experience decreased well-being as a result of being involved…
- Trial name
- NCT06211816
- Testing
- communication strategy
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 69 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maebashi Red Cross Hospital
Oncology
Remote Education Strategies Training Oncology Residents for End-of-Life Discussions
Difficult conversations are common in oncology practice and patient-centered communication is essential to care for individuals with cancer.
- Trial name
- RESTORED (NCT05810987)
- Testing
- RESTORE, Medical Interaction and Coaching
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
CHV-NEO: Community-based Digital Communication to Support Neonatal Health
Neonatal mortality (defined as death in the first 28 days of life) remains unacceptably high in sub-Sarahan Africa. The concentrated risk of neonatal illness in the first weeks of life and its potential to rapidly deteriorate…
- Trial name
- NCT05187897
- Testing
- CHV-NEO
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Death
South Florida Residents Knowledge and Opinions on End-of-Life Issues
The goal of this cross-sectional study is to gain an understanding of the knowledge and attitudes regarding end of life issues and hospice care among a sample of residents of South Florida.
- Trial name
- NCT01008241
- Testing
- Paper questionnaire
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 361 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maria Isabel Fernandez
Implantable Defibrillator User, Terminal Illness
GAMification to Encourage End-Of-Life Discussions Between ICD Patients and Caregivers
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of the GAMification to Encourage End-Of-Life (GAME-EOL) intervention, which uses the Hello Game program to encourage and facilitate quality end-of-life (EOL)…
- Trial name
- GAME-EOL (NCT04994782)
- Testing
- GAME-EOL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Debra Moser