Clinical trials: Hospice
Advanced Cancers
Patient-Reported Outcomes-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Usability Study
The goal of this research study is to learn if palliative care patients or caregivers, and palliative care physicians or nurses can use a computer program designed to provide information about the symptoms and overall health of…
- Trial name
- NCT01024166
- Testing
- Questionnaire and Review Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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
Tobacco Smoking
Smoking Prevalence at a University Hospital
Tobacco is the leading risk factor for avoidable mortality in France and around the world. It is also the second cause of life with disability in the world and the leading preventable risk factor for cancer in France and…
- Trial name
- TABAC-HCL (NCT03268980)
- Testing
- Questionnaire Hospital Staff group, Questionnaire students and patients group
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 11,276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer
Ensuring Communication in Hospice by Oncology Study (ECHO)
The goal of this study is to determine if scheduled communication with the oncology team through phone calls is helpful to caregivers with the transition to hospice care.
- Conditions
- Ovarian Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02069769
- Testing
- communication with oncology team
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Chronic Kidney Diseases
A Pilot Study of The CKM JumpStart Tool
This is a randomized pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to promote discussion about conservative kidney management (CKM) among older patients with advanced CKD and their providers.
- Trial name
- NCT05753020
- Testing
- CKM Jumpstart Tool
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Home-based Care Service, Hospice Care Needs
Survey on Home-Based Hospice Care Service Needs
This study aims to investigate and analyze the demand for "Internet +" integrated TCM-Western medicine home-based hospice care across different populations, in order to evaluate the local region's awareness, demand levels, market…
- Trial name
- NCT07815041
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emeishan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sexual and Gender Minorities, Hospice
Intervention to Collect and Utilize Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Information in Hospice
Older sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients are at risk for receiving inequitable end-of-life care; those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are at particularly high risk.
- Conditions
- Sexual and Gender Minorities, Hospice, Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
- Trial name
- NCT05877391
- Testing
- SGM Communication Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Older Patients Dying in Acute Geriatric Hospital Wards
The Effectiveness of the Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
BACKGROUND Demographic trends coupled with a rise in chronic diseases mean that the population of patients requiring palliative and end-of-life care is ageing.
- Trial name
- PLaDays (NCT01890239)
- Testing
- Care Programme for the Last Days of Life
- Where
- 9 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- End-of-Life Research Group
Death Anxiety, Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit)
Platform for End-of-life Awareness, Conversations, and Education (PEACE) Among Registered Nurses
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether the PEACE program can improve early career registered nurses' registered nurses' attitudes towards caring for palliative patients, ability to cope with patients' death, and…
- Conditions
- Death Anxiety, Death Attitude (Implicit/Explicit), End of Life Care, Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
- Trial name
- NCT07774468
- Testing
- Death Conversation, Online ACP Education
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Advance Care Planning
Advance Care Planning With Formerly Homeless Older Adults Residing in Permanent Supportive Housing
The homeless population is aging, with an increasing proportion of individuals over age 50 who experience accelerated aging, high rates of mortality, and a high risk of not having their wishes honored at the end of life.
- Trial name
- ACP-PSH (NCT06239896)
- Testing
- Facilitated Group ACP Session, Facilitated one-on-one ACP visits
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
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
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
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
Advanced Cancer
Randomized Study of a Hospice Video Educational Tool for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers
The purpose of this research study is to compare two ways to educate patients with cancer and their caregivers about hospice care services
- Trial name
- NCT03040102
- Testing
- Hospice Video Educational Tool, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
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
End-of-life Care
Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying at Residential Care Homes
Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) was developed to transfer the care practice from the hospice setting to the hospital setting in UK.
- Trial name
- NCT01428206
- Testing
- Liverpool care pathway
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Pain
The Use of a Digital Application for Reporting Pain and Pain Management in Home Hospice
Poor adherence to pain management and high pain intensity associated with serious, advanced illness is a major public health concern.
- Trial name
- ePainSupport (NCT04869085)
- Testing
- e-PainSupport
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Cancer Pain
Opioid Titration in the Hospice Setting: Barriers Assessment and Modification of the Model Order Sheet and Protocol
The purpose of this study is to modify the opioid titration order sheet to meet the needs of the outpatient hospice population and to conduct a pilot trial to assess feasibility, utility, and derive preliminary efficacy data.
- Trial name
- NCT01230515
- Testing
- Individual patient interview, focus group and structured survey, interview, focus group and structured survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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
Palliative Care
The PROAKTIV Study
The overall objective of this study is to identify whether the systematic anticipation of highly structured specialized palliative home care into primary care influences the quality of care and care utilization.
- Trial name
- NCT04673760
- Testing
- Specialized palliative home care
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 149 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern