Clinical trials: Hospice Decision Making
Chronic Kidney Diseases
A Pilot Study of The CKM JumpStart Tool
This is a randomized pilot study to test the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to promote discussion about conservative kidney management (CKM) among older patients with advanced CKD and their providers.
- Trial name
- NCT05753020
- Testing
- CKM Jumpstart Tool
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Palliative Patients, Surrogate Decision Maker
Multiprofessional Advance Care Planning and Shared Decision Making for End of Life Care
Multiprofessional Advance Care Planning and shared decision making for end of live care for terminal patients and their relatives.
- Trial name
- MAPS (NCT01914848)
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning ACP, Control Group
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Clinical Decision-Making
Mixed Methods Study Web-based Life Support Decision Aid
Patients and families want to be involved in healthcare decisions. When the decision-making process does not engage older patients and their families, the care provided does not match patient preferences or meet their needs.
- Trial name
- eLSDA (NCT03271658)
- Testing
- Web based life support patient decision aid, Decision coaching
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
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
Advanced Cancer
Web-Based Advance Care Planning for Patients With Advanced Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether a web-based advance care planning (ACP) intervention can reduce preferences for aggressive life-sustaining treatments among patients with advanced cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT07712237
- Testing
- Web-Based Advance Care Planning Program, Patient Right to Autonomy Act Leaflet
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH)
Cancer
Building Evidence for Effective Palliative/End of Life Care for Teens With Cancer
To test the efficacy of FACE-TC on key outcomes, the investigators propose using an intent-to-treat, longitudinal, prospective, multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
- Trial name
- FACE-TC (NCT02693665)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Cancer, Pain
ACCESS (Access for Cancer Caregivers for Education and Support for Shared Decision Making)
The project will test the effect of educating and supporting family caregivers of hospice cancer patients on their active participation in shared decision making in the plan of care for their patients.
- Trial name
- ACCESS (NCT02929108)
- Testing
- Facebook, ACCESS
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 489 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severe
A Decision Aid on End-of-life Care for Patients With Advanced COPD and Their Family
This study aims to support EOL decision-making in patients with advanced COPD and their family members. A parallel two-arm single-blinded randomised controlled trial will be conducted to evaluate the effects of a specific…
- Trial name
- NCT06008210
- Testing
- Decision Support Intervention, Health Coaching
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong
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 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
Palliative Care
Proactive Palliative Care Intervention in a Surgical ICU: Influence on Family Satisfaction and Patient Distress
Patients will be identified according to pre-defined trigger criteria for a palliative intervention. One hundred patients of a control group will receive standard intensive care treatment (Usual Care Group).
- Trial name
- PALL-ICU (NCT03287323)
- Testing
- Proactive Palliative Care
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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
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
Chronic Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure, Chronic
Decision Aid for Renal Therapy
Good communication among patients, their families and loved ones, and their medical care providers is important when figuring out how to treat chronic diseases like kidney disease.
- Trial name
- DART (NCT03522740)
- Testing
- Decision Aid for Renal Therapy
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
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
Normal Physiology
Focus Groups to Determine Surrogates Views Regarding Patient Preference Predictors
Background: Some people cannot make medical treatment decisions on their own. The people who make decisions on their behalf are called medical surrogates.
- Trial name
- NCT02898194
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Palliative Care
Evaluation of an Intervention Designed to Enhance the Quality of Decision Support Provided to Patients Making Decisions About End-of-life Place of Care
Most dying cancer patients would prefer a home death yet die in an institution. Patients can experience uncertainty when weighing practical considerations, concern for others, and their personal ratings about the desirability and…
- Trial name
- NCT00614003
- Testing
- Decision support skills building Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Palliative Care, Decision Making
Feasibility Of An Advanced Care Decision Aid Among Patients And Physicians_Matlock
The investigators propose an evaluation of an end of life patient decision aid (EOL-PtDA) developed by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making using the RE-AIM (Reach Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and…
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Decision Making, Decision Support Techniques, Decision Support Systems, Clinical
- Trial name
- NCT01190488
- Testing
- End-of-Life / Advanced Care Decision Aid, Active Comparator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Advanced Dementia
Advanced Dementia and End-of-life
Palliative and hospice care in advanced dementia: experiences of care givers and benefit of a brochure serving as a decision-making aid Aims: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT03548142
- Testing
- provision of relevant information
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Critical Illness, Ethics
Life Sustaining Treatments in Critically Ill Children
Summary of the Research on Withdrawing and Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatment for Critically Ill Children Background Medical treatments require regular evaluation to ensure they align with the patient's best interests…
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Ethics, End of Life Care
- Trial name
- LST-Ped-Int (NCT07401420)
- Testing
- There is no intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University