Clinical trials: Palliative
Trauma, Psychological, Moral Injury
Wellness Intervention for Nurses Post Traumatic Growth and Selfcare
Nurses working in home and hospice care settings find their roles emotionally challenging and are at high risk for trauma, strain and fatigue. Such sufferings were high among nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Conditions
- Trauma, Psychological, Moral Injury, Compassion Fatigue
- Trial name
- WINGS (NCT06674876)
- Testing
- Blog writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
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
Caregiver Feeling
Feeling of Caregivers After a Palliative Management of Extreme Premature Babies in Delivery Room.
Introduction : The birth of a child is usually a happy event that caregivers working in delivery rooms share with families. Unfortunately, newborns sometimes need palliative care as soon as birth occurs.
- Trial name
- NCT06458114
- Testing
- Assessment of caregiver feeling
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHU de Reims
Patients
Functional Muscle Characteristics and Cardio-respiratory Interaction in Patients With Fontan Palliation
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital defect, affecting about 1% of newborns. Among adults surviving complex CHD, the cohort of survivors after the Fontan palliation for univentricular physiology is the…
- Trial name
- FONTANEX (NCT04151004)
- Testing
- Incremental cycling test (ICT), Constant load cycling test (CET), Incremental respiratory muscle test (IncRMET)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Orthopaedic Surgery
An mHealth Self-Management Program to Decrease Postoperative Symptom Distress
The purposes of this study are to determine if use of the Postoperative Care at Home (PoCAH) tailored self-management program delivered via mobile technology (a mobile app) after discharge to home will result in: 1) fewer and/or…
- Trial name
- NCT02610894
- Testing
- mHealth application (PoCAH), As usual standard discharge and care instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jan Odom Forren
Pain Syndrome, Pain
A Pilot Study Assessing the Effectiveness of Use of Guided Imagery for Treatment of Pain and Symptom Management in Women With Post-mastectomy Pain Syndrome
To learn if using guided imagery and deep breathing techniques can help with pain management in patients who have post-mastectomy pain syndrome.
- Conditions
- Pain Syndrome, Pain, Symptom Management
- Trial name
- NCT05408741
- Testing
- The Intervention Group, The Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Chronic Conditions, Multiple
Social Convoy Palliative Care (Convoy-Pal) Mobile Health for Older Adults
The aim of this study is to test the feasibility and usability of the Convoy-Pal mobile intervention among older adults. The study is a pilot waitlist control RCT with 40 patients and their convoys randomized to one of two arms…
- Trial name
- ConvoyPal (NCT04779931)
- Testing
- Convoy-Pal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 39 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Palliative Care, Dyspnea
The Effect of Acupressure on the Management of Dyspnea
Dyspnea can develop at any stage of the disease, but it is more common in the last period of life. Complementary and integrative methods used for dyspnea symptoms include acupuncture, acupressure, visualization techniques, herbal…
- Trial name
- NCT05884450
- Testing
- Acupressure
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Aydın University
Inoperable Malignant Wounds
Dressing Methods in Inoperable Malignant Wounds
This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate symptom burden and quality of life in oncology patients with inoperable malignant wounds.
- Trial name
- NCT07556146
- Testing
- PHMB-containing dressing, Paraffin tulle dressing
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Palliative Care, Dementia
Implementation of a Telehealth Palliative Care Model for Persons With Dementia
Grounded in the Reach-Effectiveness-Adoption-Implementation-Maintenance (RE-AIM) Model, this study will assess the implementation outcomes of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) delivered telehealth Palliative Care Consultation in…
- Trial name
- IMPACT (NCT05001620)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Fontan Palliation, Congenital Heart Disease
Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients Post the Fontan Palliation in Comparison With Patients With Repaired Congenital Heart Disease and Healthy Volunteers.
prospective cardio respiratory evaluation for patients post the Fontan palliation for single ventricle, compared to subjects post successful cardiac repaired surgery compared to healthy volunteers in order to evaluate the…
- Trial name
- NCT02659462
- Testing
- Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
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
Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors
Nurses' Competence and Role in Survival Prediction and Prognostic Communication
[Background] Nurses' roles in survival prediction and prognostic communication have historically been limited due to role delineation, lack of formal training, and cultural norms.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Terminal Malignant Tumors, Hospices
- Trial name
- NCT06962553
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Palliative Care, Communication
Timely End-of-Life Communication to Parents of Children With Brain Tumors
A national priority for health care providers is to initiate early communication about palliative and end-of-life care (PC/EOL) for children with a poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT01170000
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Family Caregivers
Supporting Family Carers to People Living With Symptoms of Dementia at Home up to the End of Life
This is a qualitative study that will seek to gain further understanding of the support needs of family carers to people living with symptoms of dementia up to the end of life.
- Trial name
- NCT03666611
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manchester
Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder
Early Palliative Care With Standard Care or Standard Care Alone in Improving Quality of Life of Patients With Incurable Lung or Non-colorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
The study intervention consists of the early integration of palliative care services into standard oncology care in an outpatient setting for patients with advanced lung and non-colorectal gastrointestinal malignancies who are…
- Conditions
- Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02349412
- Testing
- Early palliative care
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
COPD, Heart Failure
Personalized Experiences to Inform Improved Communication for Minorities With Life Limiting Illness
The purpose of this research is to develop patient-centered palliative care interventions to improve patient-provider communication and Quality of Life (QoL) of ethnic and racial minority patients living with life-limiting…
- Conditions
- COPD, Heart Failure, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03391115
- Testing
- Storytelling Intervention for Patient Participants, Storytelling Intervention for Nurse Participants
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Cancer, Cancer Survivors
Symptom Management for Rural-Urban Cancer Survivors and Caregivers
As the population of cancer survivors increases substantially, meeting the health care and psychosocial needs of this population has become a national priority.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cancer Survivors, Informal Caregivers, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- NCT05360498
- Testing
- Adaptive Symptom Management and Survivorship Handbook (SMSH) and Telephone Interpersonal Counseling (TIP-C), NCI Brochure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Palliative Care, Terminal Illness
The Surprise Study
This study investigates the use of the Surprise Question [SQ] (would you be surprised if this patient were to die in the next 12 months?) in routine practice.
- Trial name
- NCT03697213
- Testing
- Online study
- Where
- 6 sites in Belgium, Germany and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Palliative Care, Primary Health Care
Identification of Elderly Patients in Need of Palliative Care by Family Physicians
In the last decades, the number of people living with chronic diseases had increased, mainly due to the aging of the population.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Primary Health Care, Geriatrics
- Trial name
- GerPal-ID (NCT04010136)
- Testing
- Palliative care training
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Beira Interior