Clinical trials: Palliative Care, Patient Care
Cancer
m-Palliative Care Link: Improving Palliative Care for Late Stage Tanzanian Cancer Patients
This work aims to improve late-stage cancer patients' access to high quality, patient-centered symptom assessment and control via the creation, field test, and outcomes assessment of a scalable mobile application (mPalliative…
- Trial name
- NCT03634696
- Testing
- mPCL, Usual Care
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Susan Miesfeldt
Cancer, Nurse's Role
Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory Based Nursing Interventions for Immunotherapy Treated Cancer Patients
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of nursing interventions based on Orem Self-Care Deficiency Theory on symptom management, care needs and quality of life in cancer patients who underwent…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Nurse's Role, Treatment Side Effects, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05652764
- Testing
- Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory Based Nursing Interventions for Immunotherapy Treated Cancer Patients
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akdeniz University
Palliative Care
Music Intervention on Palliative Patients
Palliative/hospice care patients experience many negative symptoms during their time in such facilities. These symptoms include, but are usually not limited to, pain, anxiety, depression, and so on.
- Trial name
- NCT03758703
- Testing
- Pre-recorded music intervention group, Pre-recorded soothing poetry group
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Depression
Evaluation of the Initial Prescription of Ketamine and Milnacipran in Depression in Patients With a Progressive Disease
KetaPal is a placebo-controlled randomized trial designed to demonstrate the antidepressant action of ketamine in palliative care situations.
- Trial name
- KETAPAL (NCT02783430)
- Testing
- Ketamine, Milnacipran
- Where
- 9 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Lille
Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, Hematologic Malignancy
Feasibility and Acceptability of Primary Palliative Care Intervention in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Primary PC - or training HCT clinicians to deliver PC domains as part of routine practice - is an alternative model of supportive care. We have developed Sentinel, a primary PC intervention for HCT clinicians and patients.
- Trial name
- Primary PC HCT (NCT06676852)
- Testing
- Primary palliative care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Thirst
Palliation of Thirst in ICU Patients
Patients in Intensive Care Units are often extremely thirsty due to their medicines, illness, treatments or medicines that they receive.
- Trial name
- NCT01015755
- Testing
- combined therapy treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 353 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Neoplasms, Terminal Illness
Parenteral Nutrition Therapy in Patients With Incurable Cancer
Parenteral nutrition (PN) treatment in patients with incurable cancer is understudied and the level of evidence for clinical meaningful effects is weak.
- Trial name
- PATNIC (NCT04456647)
- Testing
- Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- 4 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 507 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Oral Health Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life
Oral Health in Palliative Care: A Survey Study
Oral health problems such as xerostomia or oral infections are common in palliative care patients and can significantly impair quality of life.
- Conditions
- Oral Health Care, Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Palliative Care, Palliative Care, Patient Care
- Trial name
- OH-PAL (NCT07324525)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Goettingen
Neoplasms
Mobile Application Using the PRO-CTCAE to Improve Patients' Participation in Symptom Management During Treatment.
This study aims to evaluate the effect of a mobile application system using the Patient Reported Outcomes version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE) to improve patients' participation in symptom…
- Trial name
- NCT04568278
- Testing
- ePRO-CTCAE application
- Where
- 2 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
End Stage Heart Disease, Heart Failure
Transitional Palliative Care in End-stage Heart Failure
Palliative care for end-stage organ failure patients has been included as one of the key programs to be implemented in 2011-2012 in the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT02086305
- Testing
- Transitional Care Model, Usual care
- Where
- 3 sites in Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Neoplasia Prostate
PALLiON - PALLiative Care In ONcology
A major concern in today's oncology is the complexity of treatment that increases costs. A main contributor is the increasing use of chemo- and radiotherapy during end of life (EoL: the last 12 months of life).
- Trial name
- PALLiON (NCT03088202)
- Testing
- Educational program, Standardized care pathways, Early palliative care
- Where
- 12 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 659 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Palliative Care
Increasing Preparedness Through a Website
Partners of patients with advanced cancer often take a great responsibility for the patient's care. They are often unprepared for a situation where they are faced both with the role as caregivers and with the patient's impending…
- Trial name
- NCT03676283
- Testing
- Web-based psycho-educational support for family caregivers
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College
Malignant Neoplasms of Independent (Primary) Multiple Sites, Advanced Cancer
Patient Perception of Physician's Compassion, Communication Skills, and Professionalism During an Outpatient Palliative Care Visit
The goal of this research study is to learn how patients feel about their doctors' attitudes toward supportive care and treatment options for advanced cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT02957565
- Testing
- Baseline Questionnaires, Videos, Assessment Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Neoplasm Metastasis, Palliative Care
A Study Of Tanezumab as Add-On Therapy to Opioid Medication In Patients With Pain Due To Cancer That Has Spread To Bone
The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and efficacy of tanezumab in combination with opioids in treating pain due to cancer that has spread to bone.
- Trial name
- NCT00545129
- Testing
- Tanezumab 10 mg IV
- Where
- 39 sites in United States, Austria and 11 more
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Cancer, Suffering
The Immediate Effect of Mindfulness-Based Supportive Therapy on Palliating Suffering in Palliative Care Cancer Patients
The was a parallel group, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of 30-minute mindfulness-based supportive therapy versus supportive listening in reducing suffering among patients with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05010239
- Testing
- 30-minute Mindfulness-Based Supportive Therapy, 30-minute supportive listening
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- University Malaysia Sarawak
Cancer Cachexia
PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION FOR CANCER CACHEXIA (PRICC)
Half of all cancer patients experience cachexia, with the prevalence rising above 80% in the last weeks of life. The cancer cachexia is a complex relational experience which involves the dyads patients-families.
- Trial name
- NCT04153019
- Testing
- Psychoeducational and rehabilitative intervention
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
Head & Neck Cancer, Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
Integrated Early-CARE for Head & Neck Cancer.
In Portugal, approximately 2,424 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed each year, of which 60% are already at an advanced stage, presenting with intense pain and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing).
- Conditions
- Head & Neck Cancer, Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer, Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck Cancer (HNSCC)
- Trial name
- i-CARE-HN (NCT07671573)
- Testing
- Early palliative care integration
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Portuguese Oncology Institute, Coimbra
Oral Complication, Cancer
Oral Assessment of Symptoms in Advanced Cancer
Observational study of prevalence of oral symptoms in patients with advanced cancer using a novel questionnaire ("Oral symptom assessment scale")
- Trial name
- OASis (NCT04404920)
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- 11 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 253 people
- Sponsor
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer
Evaluating the CAREchart@Home™ Program for Enhancing After-hours Cancer Care
The objective of the current project is to pilot the evaluation of the health and economic benefits of having online access to health information in the context of providing telemedicine support for oncology patients receiving…
- Trial name
- NCT04232709
- Testing
- Shared electronic patient record
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Women's College Hospital
Cancer, Tumor
Community Health Workers and Precision Medicine
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate whether a trained community health worker (CHW) who engages with newly diagnosed patients after a diagnosis of cancer can effectively improve knowledge and receipt of…
- Trial name
- NCT04843332
- Testing
- Community Health Worker Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University