Clinical trials: Hospice Care
Caregiver, Disabled Veterans
Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a caregiver skill training program (HI-FIVES), offered as a part of a randomized control trial to caregivers of Veterans referred to home and community-based long-term care.
- Conditions
- Caregiver, Disabled Veterans, Referred to Long-term Care, Residing at Home
- Trial name
- HI-FIVES (NCT01777490)
- Testing
- Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - Control, Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - HI FIVES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 484 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Heart Failure, Heart-assist Devices
PCORI-1310-06998 Trial of a Decision Support Intervention for Patients and Caregivers Offered Destination Therapy Heart Assist Device
The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is growing rapidly among people dying from end-stage heart failure who are unable to get a heart transplant.
- Trial name
- DECIDE-LVAD (NCT02344576)
- Testing
- DT LVAD Decision Support Intervention
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 445 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
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
Palliative Care
Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
One in three Americans dies in a nursing home (NH) or in a hospital, shortly following transfer from a long-term care facility. The proportion of deaths occurring in NHs is projected to increase to 40% by 2020.
- Trial name
- IMPACTT (NCT01990742)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Team (PCTeam)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Death, Pain
Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End
The BEACON trial (Best Practices for End-of-Life Care for Our Nations' Veterans) was a six-site implementation study to evaluate a multi-component, education-based intervention to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided…
- Conditions
- Death, Pain, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT00234286)
- Testing
- Comfort care education intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
End of Life, Cancer
Enhancing Community Capacity to Improve Cancer Care Delivery
Undertreated patient symptoms and resulting acute care use require approaches that improve symptom-burden. Previously a a lay health worker (LHW)-led symptom screening intervention was developed for patients with advanced cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT04107116
- Testing
- Program participants, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 832 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford 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
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
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
Hospice, Caregivers
A Telenovela Intervention for Caregivers of African-American and Hispanic Hospice Patients
This randomized clinical trial (RCT) intends to look at the preliminary efficacy of NOVELA (intervention group) in changing anxiety and self-efficacy compared to usual hospice care (control group).
- Trial name
- NOVELA (NCT06835764)
- Testing
- NOVELA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
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.
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
Liver Diseases, Liver Cirrhosis
Palliative Care for Non-Malignant Diseases (COMPASS Trial)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate, through a randomized controlled trial, the impact of integrated comprehensive palliative care services on time to first hospital readmission and other hospital utilization outcomes…
- Conditions
- Liver Diseases, Liver Cirrhosis, NASH (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis)
- Trial name
- COMPASS (NCT03022630)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Palliative Care services, Usual hepatic care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hematologic Malignancy, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Removing Transfusion Dependence as a Barrier to Hospice Enrollment
Hospice care at the end of life (EOL) includes a multidisciplinary team that helps patients and families focus on symptom control and quality of life. For patients with "solid" (e.g.
- Conditions
- Hematologic Malignancy, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Lymphoma
- Trial name
- BRUOG-407 (NCT05063591)
- Testing
- Transfusion support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Adam Olszewski
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
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
Cancer, Pain
Computerized PAINRelieveIt Protocol for Cancer Pain Control in Hospice
The study purpose is to compare usual hospice care and PAINRelieveIt groups for effects on: (1) patient outcomes (analgesic adherence; worst pain intensity, satisfaction, and misconceptions) and lay caregiver outcome (pain…
- Trial name
- NCT02026115
- Testing
- PAINReportIt, PAINConsultN, PAINUCope
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Hospice, End-of-life Decision Making
Pilot Evaluation of Hospice Decision Support Tools
The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a hospice decision aid among a diverse population of older adults at multiple stages of illness (Aim 1) and to determine the preliminary efficacy of…
- Conditions
- Hospice, End-of-life Decision Making, Hospice Decision Making
- Trial name
- NCT03794700
- Testing
- Hospice Decision Aids
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver