Clinical trials: Palliative Care, Patient Care
Cancer, Quality of Life
Integrative Care Training Program for Nurses on Supportive Cancer Care
The integration of complementary medicine in supportive and palliative cancer care (i.e., Integrative Oncology) is becoming more prevalent in many of the leading oncology centers in Israel and worldwide.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Quality of Life, Nurse's Role
- Trial name
- NCT03676153
- Testing
- Nurse-provided guidance, Integrative medicine treatment program
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 363 people
- Sponsor
- Carmel Medical Center
Cancer
Does Acupressure Help Reduce Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care Patients?
Randomised controlled trial of acupressure wrist bands for hospice in-patients suffering from terminal cancer who are troubled by nausea and vomiting.
- Trial name
- NCT00220688
- Testing
- Acupressure Wristbands
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Depression
Study of Methylphenidate as Add on Therapy in Depressed Cancer Patients
Primary Objective To determine the efficacy of Methylphenidate as add on therapy to mirtazapine in the treatment of depression in cancer patients under palliative care Hypothesis Methyphenidate add on to mirtazapine treated…
- Trial name
- NCT01497548
- Testing
- Methylphenidate
- Where
- 2 sites in Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- University of Malaya
Metastatic Solid Tumor Cancers, Locally Advanced Solid Tumor Cancers
Investigating the Impact of Proactive Palliative Care
This study will test whether adding personalized supportive care to medical treatment on a clinical trial affects the study participants' ability and desire to discuss their symptoms, their concerns about the future, and their…
- Trial name
- NCT03667378
- Testing
- Expectations Survey (CanCORS), Values Survey (Serious Illness Care Program), Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Supportive Care, Cancer
Feasibility Study of the Advanced Symptom Management System (ASyMS) in Canadian Cancer Patients
The Advanced Symptom Monitoring and Management System - Canada (ASyMS-Can) is a remote phone-based symptom management system that prompts patient self-care and clinician telephone triage and intervention based on alerts for…
- Trial name
- ASyMS-Can (NCT03335189)
- Testing
- ASyMS-Can
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Palliative Care, End of Life
Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
This study take place in the palliative care units of Burgundy-Franche-Comté regions and at the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier. The main aim of this project is to analyze and understand the meaning of explicit requests to hasten…
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, End of Life, Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide
- Trial name
- DESA (NCT02845817)
- Testing
- Qualitative research
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality Glasses in Palliative Care
Developments in medicine and technology have led to an increase in life expectancy and an increase in the need for palliative care. palliative Care aims to reduce or eliminate a life-threatening situation.
- Trial name
- NCT06156540
- Testing
- virtual reality glasses
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
Palliative Care
Apoyo Con Carino: Patient Navigation for Palliative Care for Non-Cancer Illness
Palliative care is a priority area of focus for the National Institute of Nursing Research. Despite the evidence-based benefits of palliative care, access remains limited, especially in poor urban and rural settings.
- Trial name
- NCT03181750
- Testing
- Patient Navigator Intervention Group
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
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
Cancer
Assessment of the Reasons for Accepting or Refusing Early Palliative Care
This is a prospective, multicentre study, considered as " non-RIPH ("Recherche n'Impliquant pas la Personne Humaine - Research that does not involve humans ".
- Trial name
- PALPHA-1 (NCT04717440)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Leon Berard
Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer, Recurrent Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
Palliative Care in Improving Quality of Life and Symptoms in Patients With Stage III-IV Pancreatic or Ovarian Cancer
This randomized clinical trial studies palliative care in improving quality of life and symptoms in patients with stage III-IV pancreatic or ovarian cancer.
- Conditions
- Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer, Recurrent Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor, Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer, Stage III Pancreatic Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01927393
- Testing
- palliative care, educational intervention, quality-of-life assessment
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Advanced Cancer
Virtual Dignity Therapy for Palliative Care Patients With Advanced Cancer
The purpose of this study is to determine if it is feasible and acceptable to recruit for and deliver the Virtual Dignity Therapy intervention to palliative care patients with advanced cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT05113199
- Testing
- Virtual Dignity Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cancer, Neoplasms
Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Adherence to Oral Anticancer Therapy
New oral anticancer treatments have improved survival across cancer types but introduced challenges in medication adherence and symptom management.
- Trial name
- SMART pilot (NCT07073807)
- Testing
- SMART Intervention using TAPPT® for Adherence, Symptom, Financial, and Social Needs Monitoring
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Advanced Cancer
A Structured Early Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer - a Randomized Controlled Trial With a Nested Qualitative Study (SENS Trial)
It is assumed that an early palliative care structured by SENS (a systematic, problem-based assessment system) in addition to standard oncology care compared with standard oncology care alone relieves distress in patients with…
- Trial name
- SENS (NCT01983956)
- Testing
- SENS model
- Where
- 3 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
MASSAGE
Investigation of the Effect of Abdominal Massage Applied to Palliative Care Patients on Constipation and Quality of Life
The problem of constipation plays a very important role among these symptoms that patients experience intensely and negatively affect their quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT05742672
- Testing
- ABDOMINAL MASSAGE APPLICATION
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Advance Care Planning With Older Patients Who Have End-stage Kidney Disease
This study will test the feasibility of carrying out a randomised controlled trial, incorporating a mixed methods process evaluation, to evaluate advance care planning with older patients who have end-stage kidney disease.
- Trial name
- ACREDiT (NCT02631200)
- Testing
- Advance care plan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Cancer
The Role of Oxygen in the Management of Dyspnoea in Advanced Cancer
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that oxygen has when administered to patients complaining of shortness of breath, where the underlying cause of this symptom is advanced cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00206609
- Testing
- Oxygen and air administration
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Bayside Health
Advanced Cancer
Adjunctive Effect of Acupuncture for Advanced Cancer Patients With Palliative Care: a Three-arm Randomized Trial
The proposed study aims to evaluate the adjunctive effect of MA with standard care (ASC) for relieving cancer-related symptoms in a collaborative model of palliative care compared to sham MA plus standard care (SSC) or standard…
- Trial name
- NCT04398875
- Testing
- Acupuncture and standard care (ASC), Standard care (SC)
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Esophageal Cancer (EsC)
Patient-Reported Symptom Care Versus Usual Care After Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Single-Center Phase 3 Randomized Trial
Symptom management is fundamental to clinical care, and symptom monitoring is an effective means to detect potential adverse events early and prevent serious complications.
- Trial name
- NCT07211009
- Testing
- Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO)-Based Symptom Management, Conventional Management
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Sichuan University