Clinical trials: Palliative Care
Palliative Care
Identification of Obstacles and Levers to Interdisciplinary Work in Palliative Care Units
Palliative care is active care delivered by a multidisciplinary team, in a global approach to the person suffering from a serious, progressive illness, in an advanced phase, with a fatal outcome.
- Trial name
- Work-in-PCU (NCT06208644)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Bereavement
Bereavement Support Program for Caregivers
To provide a palliative bereavement support program for caregivers to decrease the risk for developing complicated and persistent grief.
- Trial name
- NCT05826145
- Testing
- Vocal Expression, Cognitive Behavioral
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Pain Management, Nurse
The Effect of Pain Management Education Program on Pain Management Self-Efficacy Among Nurses Caring for Palliative Care Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study
The goal of this quasi-experimental research designed as a single-group pre-test post-test model is to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention aimed at improving the pain management self-efficacy of nurses providing…
- Conditions
- Pain Management, Nurse, Self Efficacy, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- P-EASE (NCT07685665)
- Testing
- Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder
Early Palliative Care With Standard Care or Standard Care Alone in Improving Quality of Life of Patients With Incurable Lung or Non-colorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
The study intervention consists of the early integration of palliative care services into standard oncology care in an outpatient setting for patients with advanced lung and non-colorectal gastrointestinal malignancies who are…
- Conditions
- Liver Cancer, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT02349412
- Testing
- Early palliative care
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 405 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training
The Effect of Mindfulness Compassionate Living Training on Ruminative Thinking and Sleep Quality
This study was planned to evaluate the effects of Mindfulness Compassionate Living training on ruminative thinking and sleep quality in informal caregivers of patients in a palliative clinic in Turkey.
- Trial name
- NCT06840301
- Testing
- Session 1: How We Evolved - Threat, Impulse, and Soothing Systems, Session 2: Threat and Self-Compassion, Session 3: Unraveling the Knots of Desire and Patterns
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Mindfulness, Meditation
Mindfulness to Enhance Quality of Life and Support Advance Care Planning
The MEANING trial is a randomized controlled mixed methods pilot designed to compare a novel mindfulness meditation-based intervention (MEANING) to usual care for adults with advanced-stage solid malignancies and their family…
- Conditions
- Mindfulness, Meditation, Metastatic Cancer, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- MEANING (NCT03257007)
- Testing
- Mindfulness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Family Caregivers
Improving Cancer Family Caregivers' Knowledge and Communication About Care Options
The purpose of this two-year mixed methods study is to develop and test an intervention to improve cancer family caregivers' knowledge of care options (curative, palliative, and hospice care) and goals of care communication as…
- Trial name
- NCT02616107
- Testing
- Managing Cancer Care: A Caregiver's Guide, Symptom Management Toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Advanced Cancer
Patient and Family Decision Making in the Palliative Care Setting
The goal of this research study is to learn about any differences in certain health-related preferences between patients with cancer and their families.
- Trial name
- NCT00682994
- Testing
- Interview, Questionnaire
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Argentina and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Medical Oncology, Cardiology
Results From a Health System-wide Implementation of a Quality of Life Questionnaire
The purpose of this retrospective chart review pilot study is to research the results and scores of the QOL questionnaire implemented across Allina Health clinics.
- Conditions
- Medical Oncology, Cardiology, Integrative Medicine, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT02906423
- Testing
- PROMIS-10 questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allina Health System
Heart Failure
Heart to Heart Web-based Communication Program for Heart Failure
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of a web-based family-centered communication enhancement program ("Heart to Heart") designed for patients with heart failure, family caregivers, and cardiac nurses.
- Trial name
- NCT07479160
- Testing
- Heart to Heart Web-based Communication Program
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Cancer
Living Well With Serious Illness "Wicokuje Sica Tuha Akisniya Wiconi": Wawokiya Health Advocate Intervention
Informed by a Community Advisory Board (CAB) and community assessments performed in the first phase of work funded through R01CA240080, this study will test a wawokiya (one who helps) health advocate (WHA)-based palliative care…
- Trial name
- NCT05208606
- Testing
- Wawokiya Health Advocate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Undergraduate Nursing Students
Mindful Simulation Training in Palliative Care Education for Nursing Students
Nursing students frequently encounter dying patients during clinical placements with limited preparation, leading to negative attitudes toward end-of-life care, death anxiety, and risk of compassion fatigue.
- Trial name
- NCT07503535
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based intervention, Simulation-based learning
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Palliative Care
The Effect of Back Massage on Palliative Care Patients on Sleep Quality and Pain
This study was planned to evaluate the effect of back massage applied to palliative care patients on sleep quality and pain.
- Trial name
- NCT05168514
- Testing
- Massage
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Occupational Stress
Virtual Reality for Pediatric Palliative Care Team
Is virtual reality a useful and usable tool to improve the psychological well-being of PPC operators? study primary obtv: assessment of occupational psychological well-being (divided into stress, depression, anxiety and risk of…
- Trial name
- PPCVR (NCT06247618)
- Testing
- visor
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Burnout
A Study of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers to People With Cancer
Participants will complete 1 set of questionnaires about 2 weeks before beginning their Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers/MCP-C or standard Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers/SP-C sessions.
- Conditions
- Caregiver Burden, Caregiver Burnout, Caregiver Stress Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT06307535
- Testing
- Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers, Supportive Psychotherapy for Caregivers
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai