Clinical trials: Hospice Care
Hospice Decision Making
Underutilization of Hospice in Older African Americans
Despite the documented benefits of hospice, less than 2 million people utilize hospice services annually. Underuse disparities are extreme across race and ethnicity as White Americans comprise 85% of all hospice enrollees.
- Trial name
- NCT04458090
- Testing
- A decision aid for patients considering Hospice care.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Pilot Testing Dementia-Enhanced Training and Tool for Home Hospice Clinicians
The purpose of this study is to pilot test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a clinically useful, inclusive dementia-enhanced training and tool for use by home hospice clinicians to improve care and…
- Trial name
- EDITH-HC (NCT05719077)
- Testing
- EDITH-HC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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
Healthy
Improving Self-Efficacy Through a Telenovela: Feasibility Study
In the NOVELA intervention, hospice care will be enhanced with the telenovela videos for hospice family caregivers (HFCG) education during weekly hospice visits to prepare caregivers for proper use of hospice support and…
- Trial name
- NOVELA (NCT04533594)
- Testing
- NOVELA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Healthy
Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
The purpose of this study is to determine whether homeless individuals will complete a living will and whether guidance enhances rates of completion and to see whether filling out a living will has any impact on the care given at…
- Trial name
- SELPH (NCT00546884)
- Testing
- MI condition, GI
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
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
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
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
Anxiety Generalized, Quality of Life
A Problem Solving Intervention for Hospice Caregivers
Hospice care is conceptualized as quality compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness, with services that cover clinical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support tailored to patients' and…
- Conditions
- Anxiety Generalized, Quality of Life, Depression
- Trial name
- NCT03712410
- Testing
- PISCES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 523 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Demiris, PhD
Advanced Cancer, Dehydration
Parenteral Hydration in Advanced Cancer Patients
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn whether being hydrated (given liquids) through a catheter in a vein or in the tissue under the skin can improve symptoms of dehydration.
- Trial name
- NCT00423722
- Testing
- Saline
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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
Advance Care Planning
Culturally Tailoring an Advance Care Planning Intervention for American Indians
This project has three specific aims: (1) culturally tailor the content of the Make Your Wishes about You (MY WAY) ACP curriculum and guide for one American Indian tribe; (2) assess the feasibility of the culturally-tailored MY…
- Trial name
- NCT05304117
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western Carolina University
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