Clinical trials: Palliative Cancer
Advanced Cancer
The PediQUEST Response Intervention Study
PediQUEST Response proposes a new system of care that expects to improve quality of life in children, adolescents, and young adults with advanced cancer and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT03408314
- Testing
- PediQUEST Response, Usual Cancer Care
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people
- Sponsor
- Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis
Facilitating Communication Study
This study is a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to improve outcomes for patients and their family by using ICU nurse facilitators to support, model, and teach communication strategies that enable patients and their…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis, Lung Neoplasm, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- FCS2 (NCT03721952)
- Testing
- Facilitator-Based Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Bone Metastases
ExAblate Conformal Bone System Treatment of Metastatic Bone Tumors for the Palliation of Pain
A study to evaluate the safety and initial effectiveness of the ExAblate 2100 Conformal Bone System in the treatment of pain resulting from metastatic bone tumors.
- Trial name
- NCT00981578
- Testing
- ExAblate 2100
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Palliative Thoracic Radiotherapy Plus BKM120
This study will test whether a drug called BKM120/buparlisib is a safe and effective treatment when given to lung cancer patients having radiotherapy treatment.
- Trial name
- BKM120 (NCT02128724)
- Testing
- BKM120
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure
Expanding Access to Home-Based Palliative Care
This study will test the effectiveness of integrating an evidence-based model of home-based palliative (HBPC) within primary care clinics on patient and caregiver outcomes.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03128060
- Testing
- Home-based palliative care, Enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California