Clinical trials: Palliative Care, Patient Care
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
Advanced Cancer
Feasibility of Home vs. Hospital Based Resistance Training for Advanced Cancer Patients
Cancer causes 8.2 million deaths each year, with an estimated worldwide cost of $895 billion. Pharmacological treatments provide improvements in expected survival and symptoms, but at cost of a high rate of toxicities and…
- Trial name
- NCT02930876
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- King's College London
Advanced Cancer, Neoplasms
The "Hand-in-Hand Study": Improvement of Quality of Life in Palliative Cancer Patients Through Collaborative Advance Care Planning
This study evaluates the effect of a collaborative advance care planning intervention on the quality of life in palliative oncological patients.
- Conditions
- Advanced Cancer, Neoplasms, End Stage Cancer
- Trial name
- COLAP (NCT03387436)
- Testing
- Study-Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- PD. Dr. med. Carola Seifart
Depression, Depressive Symptoms
ICU Family Communication Study
The purpose of this study is to improve care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by focusing on communication with family members of patients who are too sick to make decisions about their own care while they are in the ICU.
- Conditions
- Depression, Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- Trial name
- NCT00720200
- Testing
- Facilitator-Based intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 593 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Palliative Care, Neoplasms
A Shared Care Approach for Seriously Ill Cancer Patients Between General Practice, Discharge Department and a Specialist Palliative Care Team
Background: Approximately one third of all deaths in Denmark are caused by cancer. Both Danish and international research shows that the majority of terminally ill cancer patients wish to die at home.
- Trial name
- NCT00594971
- Testing
- Organisational intervention, Referral to a specialist palliative care team.
- Volunteers
- 270 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Cancer, Sarcoma Metastatic
Benefits of Early Collaboration Between Oncologists and Palliative Care Physicians in Cases of Unplanned Hospitalization for Patients With Metastatic Cancer
This is a multicenter, national, interventional, cluster-randomized study, "stepped wedge" design. This study includes patients with metastatic or locally advanced digestive, gynecological, ENT, or sarcoma cancer, currently…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Sarcoma Metastatic, Gynaecologic Cancer, Digestive Cancers
- Trial name
- SPPC (NCT07490106)
- Testing
- Early integrated palliative care, Usual oncological care
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 493 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Oscar Lambret
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
Palliative Therapy, Implementation Science
Clinical Surveillance Tool to Screen for Unmet Palliative Needs Among Patients in the Final Year of Life
One of the most important obstacles to improving end-of-life care is the inability of clinicians to reliably identify those who are approaching the end-of-life.
- Conditions
- Palliative Therapy, Implementation Science, Screening, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- HOMR (NCT04171830)
- Testing
- modified Hospital One-year Mortality Risk (mHOMR)
- Where
- 13 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,536 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Breast Cancer, Palliative Care
The Impact of SPC on Advanced Breast Cancer Patients
The aim of this prospective, observational study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of a 14-day Specialist Palliative Care therapy in participants with advanced breast cancer carried out in a stationary palliative care unit…
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Palliative Care, Quality of Life, Cancer, Breast
- Trial name
- NCT03612934
- Testing
- Specialist Palliative Care
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Silesian University of Medicine
Cancer Pain, Palliative Care
e-Natureza Blue Care: Nature-based Virtual Reality and Pain Perception
This randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of immersive nature-based virtual reality in managing chronic pain among oncology patients.
- Trial name
- e-NatBlue (NCT07053228)
- Testing
- Nature-based virtual reality, Standard Pain Management
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Early Integration of Palliative and Supportive Care in Cellular Therapy
Research has shown that early palliative care in cancer care is associated with improved symptom management, better prognostic understanding, improved quality of life for patients and family caregivers, and even improved…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Blood Cancer
- Trial name
- PALS_CT (NCT05190653)
- Testing
- Early palliative and supportive care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- Alberta Health Services, Calgary
Dementia, Primary Palliative Care
Supportive Care for Cognitively Impaired Patients and Families
Currently almost 5 million Americans suffer from the distressing symptoms related to dementia and this number that will triple by 2050.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Primary Palliative Care, Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Trial name
- NCT03881579
- Testing
- nurse-led supportive care assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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
Dementia
Palliative Care at Home for Dementia
The proposed project is a randomized controlled trial of a new home-based palliative care program for adults with advanced dementia and their caregivers within the Mount Sinai Health System.
- Trial name
- NCT03798327
- Testing
- Home Palliative Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cancer, Adherence to Medication Regime
Mobile Application to Assist Adherence to Oral Anticancer Agents and Symptom Management
The use of oral anticancer agents (OAAs) in cancer treatment has increased especially in the last two decades. The use of mobile health technologies in the management of OAA can be beneficial in terms of treatment adherence and…
- Conditions
- Cancer, Adherence to Medication Regime, Symptom Management
- Trial name
- NCT04626830
- Testing
- Mobile Application Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baskent University
Cancer and Non-cancer Hospice Patients
Virtual Reality for Improving Symptoms in Palliative Care
The objective of this study is to determine whether VR can ameliorate symptoms for palliative care patients within a hospice setting.
- Trial name
- VRPC (NCT05197894)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Computer-Generated Quality of Life Assessment Program for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients (LUNL2)
In the treatment of advanced cancer, maximizing quality of life (QoL) is a fundamental goal for oncologists and their patients. In order to achieve this goal, some form of systematic and reliable QoL assessment is needed in…
- Trial name
- LUNL2 (NCT01337102)
- Testing
- Physician Receives QoL results, Physician Does not receive the results
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 103 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Malignant Fungating Wound
Construction and Effect Evaluation of Malignant Fungating Wounds Care Regimen for Breast Cancer Patients
Patients with breast cancer malignant fungating wounds have six specific symptoms caused by wounds: malodor, pain, massive exudate, bleeding, infection, and pruritus.
- Trial name
- NCT05457309
- Testing
- malignant fungating wounds care regimen
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Pediatric Cancers
Palliative Care and Symptom Management for the Pediatric Oncology Patient
The goal of this study is to learn about the communication, decision-making, symptom management, emotional adjustment, and spiritual needs of parents and pediatric patients treated at the Children's Cancer Hospital at M. D.
- Trial name
- NCT00675467
- Testing
- Focus Group - Parent/Caregiver, Focus Group - Pediatric Patient
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Rare Diseases
FACE for Children With Rare Diseases
Children with ultra-rare or complex rare diseases are routinely excluded from research studies because of their conditions, creating a health disparity.
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT04855734)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered (FACE) pACP Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute