Clinical trials: Palliative Medicine
Pain, Anxiety
Impact of Massage Therapy and Music Therapy on the Quality of Life of Hospice Patients
This is a cohort study where subjects will receive either massage therapy or music therapy interventions to evaluate their impact on hospice patients.
- Conditions
- Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT03217682
- Testing
- Music Therapy, Massage Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Advanced Cancer, End Stage Organ Failure
Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Access
This is a two-arm, multi-site randomized controlled trial of 1,350 older adults (50+ years) with either advanced cancer (defined as metastatic solid tumor) or poor prognosis end-stage organ failure (New York Heart Association…
- Trial name
- EMPallA (NCT03325985)
- Testing
- Nurse-led telephonic case management, Facilitated,outpatient specialty palliative care
- Where
- 18 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,606 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Neoplasm Metastasis
Pilot Study to Test the Feasibility and the Efficacy of the German Language Adapted PRO-SELF© Plus Pain Control Program
The purpose of this pilot study is to refine and test an advanced and adapted German version of the PRO-SELF© Plus Pain Control Program (PCP), an educational intervention directed at cancer pain patients and their families to…
- Trial name
- PEINCA (NCT00920504)
- Testing
- German PRO-SELF(c) Plus Pain Control Program (PCP), Standard Care
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Chronic Illness, Opioid Use
Characteristics and Clinical Implications of a Clinical Decision Support System
The investigators propose to study the feasibility, acceptability, usability and outcomes of a new clinical decision support system for clinicians of opioid therapy in the context of specialist palliative care for serious chronic…
- Conditions
- Chronic Illness, Opioid Use, Palliative Care
- Trial name
- NCT03295097
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support System
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Hospice of Henderson County, Inc.
COPD
Palliative Care Health Literacy Education and QOL Compared to Usual Care
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to compare health literacy (HL) and quality of life (QOL) among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who completed a series of standardized…
- Trial name
- PACED (NCT06089499)
- Testing
- Get Palliative Care: four educational learning module videos
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri, Kansas City
Palliative Care, Constipation
Cross Sectional Study of Constipation in Advanced Cancer Patients
Constipation is a common problem in palliative cancer patients. However, there were insufficient randomized controlled trial (RCT) data to identify the "best" laxative or combination of laxatives in these patients.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Constipation, Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT01399294
- Where
- 2 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 255 people
- Sponsor
- Yan Chai Hospital
Palliative Care, Intensive Care Unit
Critical Care and Palliative Care Medicine Together in the ICU
Will earlier palliative care medicine consultation in the ICU result in decreased length of stay in the ICU and hospital, as well as, increased patient and family satisfaction.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Intensive Care Unit, Hospice
- Trial name
- NCT03520023
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consult
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Colorectal Cancer, Palliative Medicine
Efficacy of Ginseng for Patients on Regorafenib
This is a randomized, multi-center phase II study of ginseng in colorectal cancer patients treated with regorafenib to determine if ginseng will reduce fatigue in this patient population and improve adherence to regorafenib.
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Palliative Medicine, Supportive Care
- Trial name
- NCT02581059
- Testing
- Regorafenib, Ginseng
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences