Clinical trials: Palliative Care, Patient Care
Nursing Caries, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
Study on Integrated Nursing Strategy for Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors After Targeted Therapy
The goal of this clinical trial is to construct a symptom management strategy for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor targeted therapy based on symptom management theory under the guidance of MRC framework.
- Trial name
- NCT05665868
- Testing
- integrated care mode, conventional care mode
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Advanced Cancer, Psychological Distress
Comprehensive Palliative Care for Cancer Patients in Vietnam
There are exponential increases in cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and in Vietnam. Cancer affects patient's quality of life, which can be improved by palliative care.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Psychological Distress, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05103488
- Testing
- Comprehensive palliative care, Standard of care
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Vietnam Palliative Health Care Society
Incurable Cancer Diseases, Other Incurable Diseases
Incurable Ill Patients Attitudes Towards Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia and assisted dying are of growing interest for patients with incurable diseases. The possible methods are widely discussed by patient-societies, physicians, lawyers, theologians and philosophers.
- Trial name
- ESPIL (NCT00495482)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Early Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer Using an e-Health Ecosystem
Palliative care has long been associated primarily with end-of-life support. However, its scope is much broader. As highlighted in the Hastings Center Report, the purposes of medicine include not only curing disease but also…
- Trial name
- AIRPAL (NCT07039994)
- Testing
- Standard intervention, E-health intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Jesús González
Cancer
Pathways of Patients Followed in Palliative Care at the University Hospital of Strasbourg: a Retrospective Pilot Study
In view to develop a study design for a study that would analyze the pathways of palliative care prospectively, this work will identify the individual factors that would be significantly associated with typical pathways of…
- Trial name
- Palliatif (NCT04961203)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
End of Life Care, Liver Cirrhosis
Palliative Care for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
Background: Patients with liver cirrhosis rarely receive palliative care although the Danish Health Authorities and WHO recommend it.
- Conditions
- End of Life Care, Liver Cirrhosis, Nurse-Patient Relations, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- LiverCare (NCT05431946)
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning and the consequent actions
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark
Cancer Metastatic
Access to Single-Fraction Palliative Radiation Therapy in Cancer Patients Enrolled in Hospice
Feasibility study to report on the impact of ACCESS of single-fraction radiation therapy on cancer patients with bone metastases enrolled in hospice care.
- Trial name
- SFPRT (NCT04049188)
- Testing
- Single-Fraction Palliative Radiation Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Care Partners
Critical Illness, Communication
Time Limited Trials to Reduce Non-Beneficial Intensive Care Unit Treatments
Overutilization of intensive care unit (ICU) treatments among patients with advanced medical illnesses and poor prognosis places them at risk for prolonged suffering with minimal anticipated benefit.
- Trial name
- NCT04181294
- Testing
- Family meetings using time limited trials as default ICU communication and care planning approach, Usual practice
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Medication Adherence, Self-care
The Supporting Patient Activation in Transition to Home Intervention
This study evaluates if motivational interviewing sessions aiming to motivate recently discharged patients with either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or congestive heart failure to be active in post-discharge…
- Conditions
- Medication Adherence, Self-care, Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Trial name
- [sPATH] (NCT02823795)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
COVID-19
The Effects of Web-Based Training for Covid-19 Patients on Symptom Management, Medication Compliance and Quality of Life
2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is a virus that emerged in Wuhan, China in late 2019, spread all over the world in a short time and causes severe acute respiratory syndrome and pneumonia.
- Trial name
- NCT04824469
- Testing
- intervention group
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Caregiver Burden
ACT-CSP for Family Caregivers of Palliative Care Patients
The goal of the study is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of an acceptance and commitment therapy for supporting caregiver programme (ACT-CSP) on reduction of caregiver burden, anxiety and…
- Trial name
- NCT06221189
- Testing
- ACT-CSP
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Effects of a 24/7 Palliative Care Service Integration in a Metropolitan Area on Non-oncologic Patients
This retrospective observational pre-post study aims to test the effects of introducing a remote telephonic consultation availability from the Palliative Care Service for a cohort of non-oncologic patients followed by the same…
- Conditions
- Palliative Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT05640076
- Testing
- 24/7 Telephonic Palliative Care Service availability
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,831 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Usl di Bologna
Fatigue, Cancer
Feasibility of Adjunctive BLT for Amelioration of Fatigue in Chinese Cancer Patients Admitted to a Palliative Care Unit
Fatigue is the most common symptom in palliative care patients who have advanced cancer. Fatigue is also one of the most underreported hence under-treated symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT04525924
- Testing
- bright light therapy
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Palliative Care
Specific Role of Nurse in a Mobile Palliative Care Team (EMSP): Real Autonomy or Utopia
A bibliographic search carried out by the investigators demonstrated that there are few studies or data relating to the role and place of a State Registered Nurse (IDE) in a Mobile Palliative Care Team (EMSP) concerning the…
- Trial name
- AutonInfSP (NCT06113120)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Tumor in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal or Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Observational Study of Early Contact With Palliative Care Unit for Patients Receiving First Line Palliative Chemotherapy With Cancer in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal, or Second Line Palliative Chemotherapy in Patients With Colorectal Cancer - an Open, Randomised Investigator Initiated Trial.
In this trial, patients with cancer in the upper gastrointestinal canal who are going to receive first line palliative chemotherapy and patients with colorectal cancer who are going to receive second line palliative chemotherapy…
- Trial name
- ALLAN (NCT02246725)
- Testing
- Contact with palliative care unit.
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- Lund University Hospital
Cancer
Understanding Quality of Life Among Patients With Cancer Receiving Palliative Care
This randomized controlled trial will assess the effects on quality of life of two approaches to symptom management among new patients referred to a palliative care oncology clinic.
- Trial name
- NCT05331625
- Testing
- Offering Additional Resources to Promote Symptom Management
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Stage IV Breast Cancer, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer
Prospective Cohort Study Depending on the Use of Palliative Care for Advanced Stage of Cancer Patients
This study evaluates the change of quality of life, treatment decision and utilization of health care depending on the use of palliative care in advanced cancer patients by a prospective cohort study.
- Conditions
- Stage IV Breast Cancer, Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer, Stage IV Colon Cancer, Stage IV Gastric Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03222258
- Testing
- Early palliative care, Routine hospice care
- Where
- 15 sites in South Korea
- Volunteers
- 444 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
Palliative Care
Individualised Informal Caregiver Training for Palliative Care at Home
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a training intervention to improve caregiver confidence for family caregivers of patients with palliative care needs at home, is acceptable to patients and their caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT02591693
- Testing
- Caregiver training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
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
Oral Mucosal Integrity, Palliative Care
Oral Care Interventions in PEG-Fed Palliative Care Patients
This pilot randomized controlled trial will compare three oral care interventions in adult palliative care patients who receive enteral nutrition through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube.
- Conditions
- Oral Mucosal Integrity, Palliative Care, PEG Feeding
- Trial name
- PEG-ORAL (NCT07792473)
- Testing
- Ankaferd Hemostat, Benzydamine Hydrochloride 0.15% w/v oromucosal solution, Combined Oral Care Solution
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Yalova