Clinical trials: Palliative Care, Patient Care
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
Symptom Management, Breast Care Nurse
Nurse-Led Mobile App Effect on Symptom Management for Breast Cancer Patients After Surgery
Background: The use of the Nurse-Led Mobile App (NL-Mapp) is a current and important option for educating patients about the symptoms that may arise from breast cancer surgery.
- Conditions
- Symptom Management, Breast Care Nurse, Mobile App, Mobile Health
- Trial name
- NCT06505538
- Testing
- NL-Mapp
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gümüşhane Universıty
Palliative Patients, Surrogate Decision Maker
Multiprofessional Advance Care Planning and Shared Decision Making for End of Life Care
Multiprofessional Advance Care Planning and shared decision making for end of live care for terminal patients and their relatives.
- Trial name
- MAPS (NCT01914848)
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning ACP, Control Group
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Self-Compassion Training
Self-Compassion Training Given to Relatives of Patients in Palliative Care
The concept of self-compassion is a concept that has been frequently the subject of research lately and has gained importance along with positive psychology.
- Trial name
- NCT06339762
- Testing
- Self-Compassion Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Firat University
Terminal Illness, Critical Illness
Targeting Bias to Reduce Disparities in End of Life Care
This study aims to determine the ways in which clinician implicit racial biases affect clinician communication with family members of patients near the end of life and to test a novel physician training intervention to reduce the…
- Trial name
- BRiDgE-Sim (NCT05165888)
- Testing
- Communication and Bias Mitigation Training, Communication skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Constipation
Effect of Abdominal Massage Training Provided to Caregivers on Constipation Management
Constipation is a common and uncomfortable problem among patients receiving palliative care. Alongside usual treatment and nursing care, abdominal massage may help manage constipation.
- Trial name
- NCT07886125
- Testing
- Caregiver Training in Abdominal Massage
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- HAMİYET KIZIL
Cancer, Survivorship
Validation of the European Oncology Quality of Life Toolkit
The improvement or preservation of quality of life (QoL) is one of the three pillars of the European Union (EU) Mission on Cancer, which underpins the needs of patients from cancer diagnosis throughout treatment, survivorship…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Survivorship, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT05947903
- Testing
- Administration of the EUonQoL-Kit - Active Treatment questionnaire, Administration of the EUonQoL-Kit - Survivors questionnaire, Administration of the EUonQoL-Kit - Palliative Care questionnaire
- Where
- 45 sites in Albania, Austria and 30 more
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano
Metastatic Cancer
CALM Psychotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Cancer in Chile
Patients with metastatic cancer experience multidimensional challenges that increase the risk of emotional distress, which must be addressed by the health team.
- Trial name
- CALM-Ch (NCT06501261)
- Testing
- CALM psychotherapy
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez
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
Dementia, Dementia, Vascular
Promoting Goals-of-Care Discussions for Patients With Memory Problems and Their Caregivers
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve communication among clinicians, patients with memory problems, and their family members.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Dementia, Vascular, Mixed Dementias, Alzheimer Disease
- Trial name
- PICSI-M (NCT05596760)
- Testing
- Jumpstart Guide
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,802 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Nutrient Deficiency, Gastrostomy
PEG Application Experiences to Geriatric Patients
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is currently the chosen minimally invasive, endoscopic procedure for medium- and long-term enteral feeding in cases who need palliative care.
- Trial name
- NCT05110235
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Okan University
Preference, Patient
Patient Preferences in Empathetic Communication by AI vs Human Authorship
This study aims to evaluate whether patients have different preference patterns for empathetic communication through AI vs human-being when knowledge of authorship is known vs blinded.
- Trial name
- NCT06832891
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
End Stage Cancer
Psychosocial Approach and Sedation Practices
This study aims to explore deeply the representations and emotional impact of MS on caregivers (doctors and nurses) and relatives of cancer patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04016038
- Testing
- a psycho-social investigation
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Opioid Use, Constipation Drug Induced
Study on Quality of Life in Advanced Cancer Patients With Opioid-induced Constipation Treated With Naloxegol
Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) is often associated with a compromised quality of life of patients in palliative care (PC) setting.
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Constipation Drug Induced, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT04294550
- Testing
- Naloxegol
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione ANT Franco Pannuti ETS
Multiple Organ Failure, End Stage Cardiac Failure
Timing of Acute Palliative Care Consultation in Critically Ill Patients
A prospective randomized controlled trial studying the ordering of palliative care consultations in the emergency department (Ig) versus later palliative care consultations in the hospital--ICU or hospital ward(Cg).
- Conditions
- Multiple Organ Failure, End Stage Cardiac Failure, End Stage Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 5
- Trial name
- NCT02858778
- Testing
- Early order of palliative care consultation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Wayne State University
Dyspnea
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Breathlessness Intervention Service for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The aim of this study is to test the feasibility of conducting a pragmatic fast track Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of the Breathlessness Intervention Service (BIS) versus standard care for patients with COPD and their…
- Trial name
- BIS-PhIInm (NCT00711438)
- Testing
- Breathlessness Intervention Service (BIS), Best supportive care (Standard care)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cancer, Heart Failure
Telepalliation - Digital Platform for Patients in Palliation and Their Relatives
This project has focus on patients in palliation testing a digital platform TelePal.dk.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Neurological Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT04995848
- Testing
- Telepalliation
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Cancer, Thoracic Neoplasms
Improving Cancer On-treatment Symptom Management
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is an umbrella term that refers to any report on a health status measure that is reported directly by the patient, without the influence of clinicians or anyone else.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Thoracic Neoplasms, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- IMPROVE (NCT04589247)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Pain, Anxiety
Impact of Massage Therapy on the Quality of Life of Hospice Patients
This is a pilot study to evaluate the impact of massage therapy in hospice patients.
- Conditions
- Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02880202
- Testing
- Massage Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Constipation, Opioid-Induced
Prevention of Opioid-induced Constipation in Patients With Advanced Cancer
More than 70% of patients with cancer in the palliative phase have pain that often requires treatment with opioids (morphine-like agents). Constipation occurs in 59% of patients treated with opioids.
- Trial name
- OMAMA (NCT05216328)
- Testing
- Macrogol Only Product in Oral Dose Form, Magnesium hydroxide 724mg
- Where
- 13 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 258 people
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc