Clinical trials: Hospices
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
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
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
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
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
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
Critical Illness, Chronic Disease
Improving Communication About Serious Illness
The purpose of this study is to improve care delivered to patients with serious illness by enhancing communication among patients, families, and clinicians in the outpatient setting.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Chronic Disease, Terminal Care, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- ICSI (NCT01933789)
- Testing
- Communication Feedback Form for Patients with Serious Illness
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 817 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hospice, Psilocybin
Pilot Study of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Demoralization in Patients Receiving Hospice Care
The overall objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a novel regimen of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for demoralization in patients receiving hospice care.
- Conditions
- Hospice, Psilocybin, Demoralization, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- PATH (NCT04950608)
- Testing
- Psilocybin, Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSci
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
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, 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
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
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Pragmatic Trial of Video Education in Nursing Homes
This is a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial (RCT) of an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Video Program for nursing home (NH) patients ≥ 65 years old who are cared for in 360 NH facilities (intervention arm n=119; control arm…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- PROVEN (NCT02612688)
- Testing
- ACP Video Program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 197,692 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
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
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
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
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
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
Depression, Palliative Care
Methylphenidate for Depressed Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care
The purpose of this study is to determine whether methylphenidate is an effective treatment for depression and to document the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate in combination with an Selective Serotonin Reuptake…
- Conditions
- Depression, Palliative Care, Cancer, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00129467
- Testing
- Methylphenidate, Selective Serotonin Uptake Inhibitor (SSRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs