Clinical trials: Hospice Care
Childhood Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm, Childhood Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Quality of End-of-Life Care for Children With Cancer
This study examines the role of access to care, patient/family interactions with the healthcare system, and stress in explaining variations in quality of end-of-life care.
- Trial name
- NCT07412002
- Testing
- Non-Interventional Study
- Where
- 28 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,425 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Pain, Solid Tumor
Opioids Titration in Hospice Patients
RATIONALE: Opioids lessen pain caused by cancer. Titration of opioids in the hospice setting is suboptimal due to numerous barriers. Order sets may help to provide timely and effective medical and pharmaceutical intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT01007422
- Testing
- telephone-based intervention, communication intervention, intervention by caregiver
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Cancer
Early Intervention vs. Standard Palliative Care in Improving End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer Patients
RATIONALE: Palliative care may help patients with advanced cancer live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying an early intervention palliative care program to see how well it works compared to a…
- Trial name
- NCT00253383
- Testing
- counseling intervention, educational intervention, psychosocial assessment and care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 329 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Cancer and Non-cancer Hospice Patients
Virtual Reality for Improving Symptoms in Palliative Care
The objective of this study is to determine whether VR can ameliorate symptoms for palliative care patients within a hospice setting.
- Trial name
- VRPC (NCT05197894)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
How is the Term 'Harm' Being Interpreted and Documented on Hospice DNACPR Forms Following the Tracey Judgement?
To investigate how discussions surrounding Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions have changed following the Tracey judgement and how "harm" is being defined by clinicians working within specialist…
- Trial name
- NCT03195725
- Testing
- Review of notes
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Pain
Marijuana in Combination With Opioids in Palliative and Hospice Patients
Study Objectives: Primary reduction of pain and reduction in overall opioid utilization. Secondary improvement in overall patient well being, weight stabilization with increased appetite, improved oxygen saturation, improvement…
- Trial name
- NCT03233633
- Testing
- Medical Marijuana
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- The Connecticut Hospice Inc.
Aging
E-training of Inmate Peer Caregivers for Enhancing Geriatric and End-of-life Care in Prisons
The demographics of the U.S. prison population are shifting at a dramatic rate requiring new approaches to prison healthcare. Current estimates suggest that there are 2.3 million incarcerated persons in the U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT05017129
- Testing
- Just Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Klein Buendel, Inc.
Dementia
Digital Phenotyping for Changes in Activity at the End of Life in People With Dementia
Background: Almost 90% of people with dementia develop serious symptoms such as apathy, agitation, pain, and sleep disturbances. Movement and participation in daily activities also decrease dramatically over time.
- Trial name
- DIPHDEM (NCT06032091)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
End Stage Cancer
Artificial Intelligence-based Mortality Prediction Among Cancer Patients in the Hospice Ward
The purpose of this study is to develop a novel deep-learning-based survival prediction model employing patient activity data recorded by a wearable device.
- Trial name
- NCT04883879
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical 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
Palliative Care, Intensive Care Unit
Critical Care and Palliative Care Medicine Together in the ICU
Will earlier palliative care medicine consultation in the ICU result in decreased length of stay in the ICU and hospital, as well as, increased patient and family satisfaction.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Intensive Care Unit, Hospice
- Trial name
- NCT03520023
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consult
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cancer, Pain Palliation
Palliative Morphine With or Without Concurrent Modafinil
Oral morphine is often utilized as a convenient and effective method of achieving palliation of pain in the terminally ill cancer patients.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Pain Palliation, Excessive Sleepiness
- Trial name
- NCT01766323
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College
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
Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease
Advance Care Planning: A Way to Improve End-of-life Care Life Care
Communication about end-of-life issues is often suboptimal. A way to improve the quality of end-of-life care is Advance Care Planning (ACP).
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT01944813
- Testing
- ACp conversation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
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
Pediatric Palliative Care
Prospective Home-Based Palliative Care and Hospice Study
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the addition of home-based hospice and palliative care (HBHPC) will provide a reduction in health care utilization, improve quality of life, and facilitate goal-concordant…
- Trial name
- NCT06362239
- Testing
- Study Surveys
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Steven Smith
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
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Metastatic Cancer
Improving End-of-life Care by Continuing Medical Education and Electronic Decision Making Support for General Practitioners
Background: Optimizing the basic palliative care has been shown beneficial to patients in end-of-life care, the general practitioner (GP) having a pivotal role in the health care system, providing comprehensive and continued…
- Trial name
- NCT02050256
- Testing
- continuing medical education and electronic decision support, education and electronic support
- Where
- Denmark
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
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
Cancer
Diamorphine or Alfentanil for Subcutaneous Use in Hospice In-patients?
OBJECTIVES: How does Alfentanil compare with the standard drug Diamorphine for subcutaneous analgesia in the palliative care setting? STUDY DESIGN: An open-label pilot comparison between alfentanil and diamorphine for palliative…
- Trial name
- DASH (NCT01049672)
- Testing
- Alfentanil, Diamorphine
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust