Clinical trials: Palliative Care
Lung Cancer
Palliative Care Interventions for Outpatients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer: Phase II
The focus of the study is to test a nurse-led telephone-based palliative care intervention on improving the delivery of care for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer.
- Trial name
- PCI2 (NCT03007953)
- Testing
- Palliative Care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 151 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Depression, Palliative Care
Methylphenidate for Depressed Cancer Patients Receiving Palliative Care
The purpose of this study is to determine whether methylphenidate is an effective treatment for depression and to document the safety and tolerability of methylphenidate in combination with an Selective Serotonin Reuptake…
- Conditions
- Depression, Palliative Care, Cancer, Mental Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00129467
- Testing
- Methylphenidate, Selective Serotonin Uptake Inhibitor (SSRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Critical Illness, Chronic Disease
Improving Communication About Serious Illness
The purpose of this study is to improve care delivered to patients with serious illness by enhancing communication among patients, families, and clinicians in the outpatient setting.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Chronic Disease, Terminal Care, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- ICSI (NCT01933789)
- Testing
- Communication Feedback Form for Patients with Serious Illness
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 817 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Monitoring, Immunologic
Immunosurveillance for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding sodium nucleinate to FOLFOX chemotherapy helps people with metastatic colorectal cancer (colon or rectal cancer that has spread).
- Trial name
- ISMCC (NCT06509880)
- Testing
- Adenorine, FOLFOX regimen
- Where
- Kazakhstan
- Volunteers
- 187 people
- Sponsor
- MIPO Clinic
Cancer, Cardiac Disease
A Culturally-Based Palliative Care Tele-consult Program for Rural Southern Elders
Rural patients with life-limiting illness are at very high risk of not receiving appropriate care due to a lack of health professionals, long distances to treatment centers, and limited palliative care (PC) clinical expertise.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Cardiac Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Neuro-Degenerative Disease
- Trial name
- NCT03767517
- Testing
- Active Intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Depression in Adolescence
Evaluation of MoodRing on Improving the Quality of Depression Management in Adolescents
The MoodRing intervention is a mobile application for adolescents, parents, and an accompanying web-based clinician portal which enables adolescents to monitor their mood through the use of passively collected smartphone data.
- Trial name
- TECH-E (NCT05376358)
- Testing
- MoodRing App, Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Ana Radovic
Pain, Cancer
Study to Compare the Safety and Tolerability of Sativex® in Patients With Cancer Related Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of long term therapy with Sativex® and GW-2000-02.
- Trial name
- NCT00675948
- Testing
- Sativex, GW-2000-02
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Upper Gingival Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Role of FCγRIIIA and FCγRIIA Receptor Polymorphisms
Hypothesis: Cetuximab, an anti-EGFR antibody, is used with radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced and inoperable upper aerodigestive tract cancers.
- Trial name
- FCR-VADS (NCT01827956)
- Testing
- Cetuximab
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Bergonié
Cancer, Palliative Radiotherapy
Palliative Lattice Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
Standard palliative radiotherapy regimens may provide limited durability of response in large tumors. Thus, there is a clinical need for a new approach.
- Trial name
- NCT04133415
- Testing
- Lattice stereotactic body radiation therapy, Peripheral blood
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Metastatic Solid Tumors of Metastatic Disease
Study of Palliative Radiation Therapy vs. no Palliative Radiation Therapy for Patients With High Risk Bone Metastases That Are Not Causing Significant Pain
The purpose of the study is to compare the outcome of patients who receive standard treatment versus those who receive preventative radiation and then standard treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT03523351
- Testing
- Radiation Therapy, Systemic Therapy
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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
Oncology, Solid Tumors
Study of Avelumab-M3814 Combinations
The main purpose of the study was to evaluate a safe, tolerable recommended Phase II dose (RP2D) and/or the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of M3814 when given in combination with avelumab with and without radiotherapy in…
- Trial name
- NCT03724890
- Testing
- M3814, Avelumab, Radiotherapy
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Translating Data Science to Palliative Care
This research study is intended to 1) better understand seriously ill adults' and their family care partners' (FCP), particularly for persons living with dementia (PLwD), barriers to accepting community-based palliative care…
- Trial name
- NCT05942040
- Testing
- Tailored Palliative Care Information
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 301 people
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning
Palliative Care Consultations in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Setting
Close to one-third of Medicare decedents use the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) benefit in the 6 months prior to death.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Skilled Nursing Facilities
- Trial name
- NCT03958552
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consultation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Malignant Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone
Palliative Radiation Therapy in Reducing Pain in Patients With Bone Metastasis
This randomized phase II trial studies how well palliative radiation therapy works in reducing pain in patients with cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor to the bone (bone metastasis).
- Conditions
- Malignant Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Bone, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT02699697
- Testing
- External Beam Radiation Therapy, Palliative Radiation Therapy, Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Vorinostat in Combination With Palliative Radiotherapy for Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
This is a dose escalation study that will assess the safety of Vorinostat, a Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, in combination with palliative radiotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer…
- Trial name
- NCT00821951
- Testing
- Vorinostat, Radiotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Pembrolizumab and Palliative Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Esophagus, Stomach, or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well pembrolizumab and palliative radiation therapy works in treating patients with esophagus, stomach, or gastroesophageal junction cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
- Conditions
- Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma, Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Stomach
- Trial name
- NCT02830594
- Testing
- External Beam Radiation Therapy, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Pembrolizumab
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
The Healthy Patterns Sleep Study
The Healthy Patterns Study intervention is a home-based activity intervention designed to improve symptoms of circadian rhythm disorders (CRD) and quality of life (QOL) in home-dwelling persons with dementia.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03682185
- Testing
- Attention-Control Condition, Timed Activity Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 421 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Alzheimer Disease, Dementia
Triggered Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia
The objective of this study is to generate preliminary data for a large multi-site randomized clinical trial of a model of palliative care consultation for patients with advanced dementia, and for their family caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT02719938
- Testing
- Specialty Palliative Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
Covered vs Uncovered Metal Stents for Palliative Biliary Decompression in Inoperable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
The purpose of this study is to compare the rate of long-term stent failure, defined as need for repeat biliary intervention following placement of C-SEMS vs U-SEMS for palliation of inoperable malignant distal bile duct…
- Trial name
- NCT01905384
- Testing
- Covered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (C-SEMS), Uncovered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (U-SEMS)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center