Clinical trials: Palliative Medicine, open to volunteers
Palliative Care, Withdrawal of Life Support
End-of-life Care in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Impact of a Comprehensive Palliative Care Protocol in the Intensive Care Setting
The ARREVE-3 trial will evaluate whether a structured palliative care protocol can improve end-of-life management for mechanically ventilated ICU patients in whom a decision to withdraw life-sustaining therapies has been made.
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Withdrawal of Life Support, Intensive Care Medicine, Sedation
- Trial name
- ARREVE-3 (NCT07368010)
- Testing
- Protocol for palliative care and life-support withdrawal
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 720 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Anesthesia, Surgery
Veterans Enhanced Recovery Using Integrative Treatments Around Surgery
The study aims to assess the implementation and effectiveness of Integrative Treatments - Music Medicine, Aromatherapy, and Battlefield Acupuncture - in the management of perioperative pain and anxiety, and in the reduction of…
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Surgery, Knee Arthropathy
- Trial name
- VERITAS (NCT06333938)
- Testing
- Nonpharmacologic Treatment, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Durham VA Medical Center
Neoplasm, Colorectal, Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive Impairment in Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Cytotoxic Chemotherapy
The purpose of this research study is to see how the brain changes in patients receiving chemotherapy (cytotoxic drug) treatment for colon or rectal cancer at Parkview Cancer Institute.
- Conditions
- Neoplasm, Colorectal, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive Change
- Trial name
- Chemo Brain (NCT05014399)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Joseph McCollom
Palliative Care, Cancer
Attitudes Towards Deprescribing Medications in Cancer Patients and Impact of Educational Intervention by a Clinical Pharmacist
Participation in this study consists in responding to some questions from two questionnaires in Romanian about how participants feel about deprescribing, participants' treatment and how participants understand medical…
- Trial name
- NCT06771999
- Testing
- Educational intervention by a clinical pharmacist
- Where
- Romania
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
Comparative Effectiveness of Palliative Surgery Versus Additional Anti-Seizure Medications for Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a serious and rare form of epilepsy that begins in infancy and early childhood. Seizures and their consequences need medical attention, emergency encounters, and hospitalizations.
- Trial name
- SOM-L (NCT05374824)
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,680 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Breakthrough Pain, Palliative Medicine
Paediatric Breakthrough Pain Assessment
Many children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses get sudden bursts of pain called breakthrough pain. At the moment, there aren't any good ways to measure this pain in children and young people.
- Conditions
- Breakthrough Pain, Palliative Medicine, Oncology Pain, Pediatric ALL
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT06790719)
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
Cancer Pain, Cancer Palliative Care
Efficacy of Non-opioid Drugs in Addition to Opioid Therapy for Cancer Pain Management
The investigators investigate the efficacy of non-opioid analgesics compared to placebo together with opioid therapy for cancer pain management.
- Trial name
- NoDoubt (NCT07682558)
- Testing
- Metamizole, Ibuprofen
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 318 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Cancer Pain, Quality of Life
Meditation With Virtual Reality for Cancer Pain Relief in the Pain Therapy and Palliative Care Service
Cancer is a disabling, challenging and growing global disease. Although early diagnosis and adequate treatment of oncological disease have been developing rapidly, a large part of the population remains without access to…
- Conditions
- Cancer Pain, Quality of Life, Palliative Medicine
- Trial name
- NCT06328751
- Testing
- Case group, Active control group, Passive control group
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Emily Santos Montarroyos
Mental Health Issue, PTSD
AIMS Medical Outcomes Study
This epidemiologic research is being conducted as an observational prospective case series outcomes study of the use of advanced integrative specialty medical care and its effect on adult and pediatric patients with chronic or…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, PTSD, Pain, Chronic Pain
- Trial name
- AMOS (NCT04512755)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Integrative Medical Science Institute
Breast Cancer Early Stage Breast Cancer (Stage 1-3), Endocrine Therapy
Symptom Monitoring Using Patient-Report to Improve Medication Use
This is an intervention targeting patients at risk for non-adherence to endocrine therapy after primary treatments for hormone-positive breast cancer.
- Trial name
- SyMPTOM (NCT06765707)
- Testing
- Pharmacist delivered symptom monitoring and management
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Cachexia; Cancer, Advanced Cancer
Routine Evaluation of People Living With Cancer
People with incurable cancer often have complex individual needs, however there are several common themes encountered when considering this group.
- Conditions
- Cachexia; Cancer, Advanced Cancer, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- REVOLUTION (NCT04406662)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Lung Neoplasms, Symptom Management
Construction and Feasibility Study of a Home-Based Intelligent Symptom Management Program for Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Combined Drug Therapy Based on Symptom Journey Profiling
The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and evaluate a home-based intelligent symptom management program based on symptom journey profiles for patients with lung cancer receiving combination drug therapy.
- Conditions
- Lung Neoplasms, Symptom Management, mHealth Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT07632703
- Testing
- Home-Based Intelligent Symptom Management Program for Lung Cancer Patients During Intermittent Periods of Combined Drug Therapy, routine care
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Feifei Huang
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure
Breathlessness Patterns in Patients With Cancer, COPD and Heart Failure: an fMRI Feasibility Study
Dyspnea that persists despite optimal pathophysiological treatment is defined as persistent dyspnea. Currently all brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies conducted to evaluate breathlessness have done so using…
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, Cancer, Volunteers
- Trial name
- BREACH-fMRI (NCT07319039)
- Testing
- Cerebral fMRI, Immersive virtual reality
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Palliative Care, Primary Palliative Care
Primary Palliative Care - a Feasibility Cluster Trial
This feasibility cluster-controlled randomized trial (RCT) evaluates a complex intervention for the delivery of primary palliative care in Family Health Units (FHUs).
- Conditions
- Palliative Care, Primary Palliative Care, Advanced Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Trial name
- PrimPal (NCT07737899)
- Testing
- Primary Palliative Care Complex Intervention (PrimPal)
- Where
- 2 sites in Portugal
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Coimbra
Hearth Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Medication Training Via Ignite Based on Roy Model in Heart Failure: Medication Adherence and Symptom Management
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a structured medication training program can help people with heart failure better manage their condition.
- Trial name
- NCT07538596
- Testing
- Ignite-Based Medication Management Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Breast Cancer, Breast Neoplasm
Evaluating an AI-Based Mobile Application for Chemotherapy Support in Breast Cancer Patients
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an Arabic-language mobile application that uses artificial intelligence (AI) can help women with breast cancer during chemotherapy.
- Conditions
- Breast Cancer, Breast Neoplasm, Chemotherapy-Related Toxicities, Medication Adherence
- Trial name
- AI-ChemoApp (NCT07273812)
- Testing
- AI-Based Mobile Application for Personalized Chemotherapy Support, Usual Care
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- Dena h. Al-Tameemi
Bone Pain Flare, Bone Metastasis
Non Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs in the Prevention of Bone Pain Flares After Palliative Radiotherapy
Solid tumors have the tendency to spread to other organs in around 26% of cases, with many cases involving the bone causing severe bone destruction and pain that reduces patients' quality of life.
- Trial name
- NCT06903585
- Testing
- Naproxen (Proxen S), Esomeprazole 20mg once daily
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 385 people
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center