Clinical trials: Hospice
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
Grief, Depressive Symptoms
Impact of a Neonatal-Bereavement-Support DVD on Grief
Experts agree that neonatal death has long-term impact on parents. Many parents experience sadness, pain, anger, bouts of crying, and a depressed mood after the death of a child.
- Trial name
- NCT01926080
- Testing
- DVD Intervention Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
End-of-life Care
The Effect of End-of-Life Care Awareness Education on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Intensive Care Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Study
This study was designed as a prospective randomized controlled study in order to evaluate the effect of end-of-life care awareness training to be given to intensive care nurses on the knowledge levels, attitudes, and behaviors of…
- Trial name
- NCT05994430
- Testing
- End-of-life care awareness training in intensive care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul University
Caregivers, Family Caregivers
Communication and Hospice Online With Optimal Support and Engagement
The project is a multisite, three-group randomized control trial (RCT) with equal and parallel mixed-methods analysis that allows standardized measures combined with rich qualitative data to test hypotheses and answer research…
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Family Caregivers, Cancer Caregivers
- Trial name
- CHOOSE (NCT07764432)
- Testing
- Intermittent Hospice Team Support, Online Support Group with untrained facilitator, Online Support Group with trained facilitator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 567 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias
Designing Care Management for Hospice Transitions for Persons Living With Advanced Dementia
This study will test a care management intervention to guide end-of-life care and hospice transitions for persons with dementia and their care partners receiving home healthcare and ascertain feasibility, acceptability, fidelity…
- Trial name
- ENGAGE-D (NCT07182357)
- Testing
- Dementia Care Management Checklist for Hospice Transitions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Pain, Solid Tumor
Pain Control in Hospice Patients With Cancer-Related Pain
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about cancer-related pain from patients in a hospice and their caregivers may help doctors learn more about pain control.
- Trial name
- NCT00609297
- Testing
- medical chart review, questionnaire administration, survey administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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
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
Hospice
Piloting a Multi-component Technology-based Care Intervention to Address Patient Symptoms in Home Hospice
With the growth of hospice, older adults have the opportunity to receive home-based care aimed at reducing suffering and focusing on quality of life at the end of life.
- Trial name
- NCT04243538
- Testing
- I-HoME
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Palliative Care, Family
Dignity Talk: Helping Palliative Care Patients and Families Have Important Conversations
Dying patients and their families face many challenges near the end-of-life. Not only do patients often experience physical distress, but they also have feelings of loss of dignity, isolation, and uncertainty.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Family, End of Life Care
- Trial name
- DTalk (NCT01883375)
- Testing
- Dignity Talk, The Dignity Talk Communication Topics
- Where
- 13 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manitoba
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
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
Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly
Using NPT to Evaluate Providing PPC as ELNEC-PPC WBT for Nurses
The purpose of this study is to explain the provision of palliative care at the end of life by the implementation of the ELNEC course, as WBT Program using the Normalization Process Theory, that focus attention on how complex…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cardiac Anomaly, Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy
- Trial name
- ELNEC-PPC (NCT04461561)
- Testing
- end-of-life nursing education consortium-pediatric palliative care as web based-training plus usual care
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Altoosi University College
Caregivers of Patients on Hospice Care
Developing and Testing Culturally Based Educational Videos for Puerto Rican and African American Home Hospice Caregivers
The investigators hypothesize that culturally based educational videos for Puerto Rican and African American home hospice caregivers will better inform caregivers in managing symptoms, preparedness, self-efficacy, and competence.
- Trial name
- NCT06024278
- Testing
- Caregiver educational videos for African American caregivers, Caregiver educational videos for Puerto Rican caregivers
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
End-of-life Care
A Novel Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy (MCAT) Supervision
Background: The need for empathy and the difficulties of coping with morality when caring for the dying and the bereaved pose great psychological and spiritual strains.
- Trial name
- MCAT (NCT03440606)
- Testing
- Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy Supervision
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanyang Technological University
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
Aging Problems
Enhancing Care of the Aged and Dying in Prisons Ph II
The mission of corrections is to provide custody, control and care for incarcerated individuals. United States prisons are required by constitutional law to provide adequate care for growing numbers of older inmates who will…
- Trial name
- NCT03055429
- Testing
- Full Scale Unit
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 241 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
End-of-Life and Post-Mortem Care Education
Web-Based End-of-Life and Post-Mortem Care Education for Nursing Students
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a web-based end-of-life and post-mortem care education program on nursing students' post-mortem self-efficacy, death literacy, and attitudes toward the principles of a dignified death.
- Trial name
- NCT07737028
- Testing
- Web-Based End-of-Life and Post-Mortem Care Education, Face-to-Face Case Discussion Sessions
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University