Clinical trials: Hospice
Dyspnea
Feasibility Testing of a Hospice Family Caregiver Intervention to Improve Patient Dyspnea Care
This study is a pilot test of an intervention to train family caregivers of home hospice patients about recognizing and treating shortness of breath.
- Trial name
- NCT02441868
- Testing
- Shortness of breath recognition and treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
End Stage Cancer
An Interactive Advance Care Planning Intervention to Facilitate a Good Death for Cancer Patients
The purpose of this 5-year interventional study is to design, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at facilitating prognosis communication and end-of-life care decision-making to increase the extent…
- Trial name
- NCT01912846
- Testing
- Interactive advance care planning, Attention usual care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 466 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung University
Advance Care Planning
End-of-Life Care for African Americans: An Outpatient Intervention
Racial differences in health care are documented across the health care continuum and persist in aging and end-of-life (EOL) care.
- Trial name
- NCT03626402
- Testing
- Planning for the Care You Want
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Palliative Care
A Novel Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for Asian Palliative Care
Background: The lack of a holistic approach to palliative care can lead to a fractured sense of dignity at the end of life, resulting in depression, hopelessness, feelings of being a burden to others, and the loss of will to live…
- Trial name
- FDI (NCT03200730)
- Testing
- Family Dignity Intervention group
- Where
- 2 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 252 people
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
Natural Virtual Reality in the Application of Hospice Care
Natural Virtual Reality in the Application of Hospice Care
In recent years, the use of Virtual Reality devices or somatosensory technology in various fields of teaching or sports has gradually matured.
- Trial name
- NCT04522440
- Testing
- to relieve the pain of inpatients in the hospice Ward
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Terminal Cancer
Nasal Fentanyl and Buccal Midazolam for Dying Patients
When patients are dying they become unable to take oral medication and if they develop symptoms (e.g. pain or agitation) they need to be given a subcutaneous injection of medication.
- Trial name
- NCT02009306
- Testing
- PecFent and Epistatus, Standard subcutaneous medication, Epistatus Alone
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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
End of Life Care, Critical Illness
Palliative Care Protocol for Adult Patients Hospitalized in Critical Care Units.
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine the effectiveness of a palliative care protocol in improving the quality of care of adult patients at high risk of dying hospitalized in the critical care unit.
- Conditions
- End of Life Care, Critical Illness, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT06483958
- Testing
- palliative care protocol
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 248 people
- Sponsor
- University of Chile
Sexual Function Disturbances, End of Life
The Impact of Mindful Compassion on Sexual Functioning and Quality of Life in Home Hospice Care
Sexual dysfunction is commonly reported post cancer treatments. Indeed, sexual wellbeing can be affected by diagnosis, medication and cancer treatments, which can damage body tissues such as the vagina owing to radiation therapy…
- Conditions
- Sexual Function Disturbances, End of Life, Quality of Life, Well-Being, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT07296796
- Testing
- Mindful compassion
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- London Metropolitan University
Resilience, Hospice Care
An Investigation of the Factors Related to Attitudes Towards Hospice and Palliative Care Among the Bunun Tribe in Taiwan
This study aims to investigate the factors related to attitudes towards hospice and palliative care among the Bunun tribe in Taiwan, with a specific focus on the influence of faith maturity and resilience.
- Trial name
- NCT07012265
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Bereavement
Parents Reflecting On Hope During Hospice Through Photovoice
In this study, researchers will use Photovoice to learn about how bereaved parents felt and thought about hope when their children were on hospice.
- Trial name
- NCT06187636
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Palliative Care
Study to Improve Care for Veterans During Serious Illness
Improving end-of-life care is of critical importance to the VA as it faces an increasingly aging and dying veteran population. Previous work within and outside of the VA has demonstrated serious deficiencies in the quality of…
- Trial name
- NCT00106041
- Testing
- Veterans Integrated Palliative Care Nurse Case Manager
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Question Prompt List, Caregivers
The Effectiveness of Using a Palliative Care QPL on the Selfefficacy and Preparedness of Indonesian Homecare Workers
Foreign studies on caregivers' use of QPL in end-of-life care, decision-making, and satisfaction are mostly conducted with family members who share the same language.
- Conditions
- Question Prompt List, Caregivers, End-of-life Care
- Trial name
- NCT06847828
- Testing
- QPL
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Den,Yu-Yun
Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors
Nurses' Competence and Role in Survival Prediction and Prognostic Communication
[Background] Nurses' roles in survival prediction and prognostic communication have historically been limited due to role delineation, lack of formal training, and cultural norms.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors, Hospices
- Trial name
- NCT06962553
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Cancer
Assessment of a Multidisciplinary Team Meeting (RCP) in Geriatric Oncology
In France, cancer incidence increases over the course of life and therefore it is considered as an important pathology of the elderly. Cancers are the second leading cause of death for patients over 70 years old.
- Trial name
- EROG (NCT03662061)
- Testing
- Assessment of the follow-up of oncological and geriatric recommendations 4 months after the RCP
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Cancer, End-of-Life
Coaches Activating Reaching and Engaging Patients
The purpose of the Team Based Advance Care Planning CAREPLAN program is to understand if a trained lay navigator who engages with patients with advanced stages of cancer can help patients in advance care planning, improve patient…
- Trial name
- CAREPlan (NCT03856463)
- Testing
- Lay Navigator Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Ependymomas, Gliomas
A Pilot Study of Inpatient Hospice With Procurement of Brain Tumor Tissue on Expiration for Research Purposes
Background: An important new area of brain tumor research is the development of tumor and brain stem cell lines. Successful growth of these cell lines requires obtaining large volumes of fresh tumor and brain tissue, which is…
- Conditions
- Ependymomas, Gliomas, PNET, Pineal Tumors
- Trial name
- NCT01251913
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), Death Anxiety
Die-logue Program for Community Dwelling Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether the Die-logue program can improve attitudes toward death, coping with death, and readiness for advance care planning (ACP) among community-dwelling middle-aged adults aged…
- Conditions
- Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), Death Anxiety, End of Life Care, Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
- Trial name
- NCT07525492
- Testing
- Death Conversation, Online ACP Education
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 148 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Self-Efficacy, Attitude
End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program for Senior Nursing Students
In this study, between 1 April- 31 May 2025, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 59 senior nursing students who are with 4th year nursing students starting the Nursing Department of Çankırı Karatekin…
- Conditions
- Self-Efficacy, Attitude, End-of-Life Care
- Trial name
- NCT07257159
- Testing
- The End-of-Life Care Preparedness Program
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hilal ALTUNDAL DURU
Palliative Care, Terminal Illness
Participating in Palliative Care Research
This research seeks the views of patients who are admitted to hospices and specialist palliative care units (SPCUs) regarding whether they would consider being involved in different types of clinical research.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Terminal Illness, Hospice Care
- Trial name
- PiPCAR (NCT04894162)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 3 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust