Clinical trials: Hospice
Heart Failure
End-Of-Life Decision Making and Preparedness Planning Among Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized for Advanced Disease
Heart failure is a chronic and frequently terminal illness associated with poor quality of life and high burden of morbidity, re-hospitalization, and cost.
- Trial name
- NCT02398617
- Testing
- Decision Making Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Saint Luke's Health System
Palliative Care
End of Life Care in Neonatal Intensive Unite
In China, neonatal death on 2019 was 3.5 per 1000 live births, which counts around 57,000 deaths. In mainland China, parents are mostly the main decision-makers in withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in infants and…
- Trial name
- NCT05270915
- Testing
- Family supportive care in EOLC
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Hunan Children's Hospital
Metastatic Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure
Reducing Disparities in the Quality of Advance Care Planning for Older Adults
This study compares the effectiveness of two different approaches to advance care planning among older African Americans and older Whites living in the community.
- Conditions
- Metastatic Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Parkinson Disease
- Trial name
- EQUALACP (NCT03516994)
- Testing
- Respecting Choices First Steps, Five Wishes Form
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 790 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Cancer, Malignancies Multiple
Remote Vital Sign Monitoring in Palliative Care Patients Using a Wearable ECG Monitor
The goal of this study is the assess the use of remote monitoring of vital signs using commercially available medical devices in patients with advanced cancer admitted to a hospice inpatient unit for end-of-life care.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Malignancies Multiple, Terminal Care, Hospice
- Trial name
- VITAL-PC (NCT07512505)
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services
Hospice, End of Life
Tandem VR: Synchronized Nature-Based Experiences in Virtual Reality for Hospice Patients and Their Caregivers
Background: Nature-based virtual reality (VR) and other outdoor experiences in head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer powerful, non-pharmacological tools for hospice teams to help patients undergoing end-of-life (EOL) transitions.
- Conditions
- Hospice, End of Life, Palliative Care, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT06186960
- Testing
- Tandem Virtual Reality
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Prisma Health-Upstate
Advanced Cancer
Caregiver Assessments of the Quality of Home Hospice Care
The Objectives are to administer the Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) questionnaire and The Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG) to caregivers previously enrolled into the parent grant and conduct supplemental analyses…
- Trial name
- NCT00895024
- Testing
- Phone Interview/Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Communication, Palliative Care
Using Mixed-methods Approach to Explore Health Communication in Hospice Out-Patient Settings
This research project aims to investigate health communication in hospice outpatient settings and translate findings into practice by designing and testing a communication aid utilizing health information technology.
- Trial name
- NCT06008418
- Testing
- The LINE Chatbot
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 184 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
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
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
Palliative Care, Refractory Pain
Single Arm, Monocentric, Pilot Feasibility Study on an Interactive Virtual Reality Program in 20 Complex In-clinic Palliative Care Patients
Palliative care patients frequently face a "symptom cluster" of pain (up to 96%), fatigue (up to 90%), and anxiety (up to 79%), which severely degrades their quality of life in their final months.The study is built on the concept…
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Refractory Pain, Anxiety, Depression Disorders
- Trial name
- ZENCTUARY_VR+ (NCT07545928)
- Testing
- ZenctuaryVR+ Interactive Virtual Reality
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Palliative Care, End of Life Care
Patient Journey in Palliative Care Within the NOVO Hospital Group.
This retrospective descriptive study aims to describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and organizational characteristics of patients identified as receiving palliative care who died in 2024 within the NOVO Hospital network.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, End of Life Care, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- NOVOPAL (NCT07505706)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- Hôpital NOVO
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
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Study of the Association Between the Type of Attachment and the Risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Attachment theory models the emotional bonding that is activated in situations of danger, via mental representations of self and others.
- Trial name
- TRAUMAFFECT (NCT05020197)
- Testing
- self-questionnaires on attachment and PTSD
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 268 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
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
Hospice Informal Caregivers
Hospice Problem Solving Intervention
In recent years, the demand for home hospice care has grown rapidly. Family members and friends who act as informal caregivers are essential to the provision of palliative care services; however, this role is not without adverse…
- Trial name
- NCT01444027
- Testing
- Problem Solving Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 514 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Communication About Intimacy Needs in Hospice and Palliative Care
IN-TALK: Co-producing a Hospice Intimacy Support Toolkit in England
People receiving hospice care may experience concerns about intimacy, closeness and physical affection that can affect their quality of life and wellbeing.
- Trial name
- IN-TALK (NCT07737145)
- Testing
- Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD) workshops
- Volunteers
- 794 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dorothy House Hospice
Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer
The COMPASSION Study
The aim of this research study is to better understand the in-home hospice experience for participants, caregivers, hospice nurses, and oncology providers by conducting telehealth check-ins between participants and caregivers and…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Advanced Breast Cancer, Unresectable Breast Carcinoma
- Trial name
- NCT06507930
- Testing
- Telehealth Hospice Visits
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Delirium, Terminal Illness
Comparing Haloperidol and Olanzapine in Treating Terminal Delirium
As patients with terminal illness enter the dying phase, they may experience symptoms of restlessness, agitation, or cognitive disturbance, known as terminal delirium.
- Trial name
- HALOLAN (NCT04750395)
- Testing
- Haloperidol Solution, Olanzapine Tablets
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- HCA Hospice Care
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
PATİENT CARE, Intensive Care Unit
Surgical ICU Nurses' Attitudes on End-of-Life Care
This study aims to explore the attitudes and behaviors of nurses working in surgical intensive care units (ICUs) towards end-of-life care, alongside identifying the barriers they face in providing such care.
- Trial name
- NCT06285305
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Kilis 7 Aralik University