Clinical trials: Terminal Cancer
Cancer, End Stage Cancer
Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
The study aims to find out if community health worker (CHW) support will improve palliative care outcomes in African American patients with advanced cancer, by comparing the quality of life of patients who are receiving standard…
- Conditions
- Cancer, End Stage Cancer, Malignancy, Advanced Cancer
- Trial name
- DeCIDE PC (NCT05407844)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker (CHW) based palliative care
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Ketogenic Diet as Adjunctive Treatment in Refractory/End-stage Glioblastoma Multiforme: a Pilot Study
The first weekly KD meal package will be given to the patient at the study site. The patient will be instructed in how to process the week-long meal plan package content.
- Trial name
- KGDinGBM (NCT01865162)
- Testing
- ketogenic diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center, LLC
Colonic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms
End-of-Life Care for African Americans
Racial differences in health care are documented across the health care continuum and persist in aging and end-of-life (EOL) care.
- Conditions
- Colonic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT02320123
- Testing
- Educational DVD
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Seriously Ill Patients, Cancer
Goals of Care Conversations Study
The long term goal is to improve quality of care in Veterans with serious illnesses by aligning medical care with Veterans' goals and values.
- Conditions
- Seriously Ill Patients, Cancer, Heart Failure, Interstitial Lung Disease
- Trial name
- LSTDI (NCT05001009)
- Testing
- Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 1: low intensity clinician training, Clinician Implementation Strategy Stage 2: high intensity clinician training, Low patient engagement
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,859 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Prostate Cancer
Correlation Between iXip and Final Pathology Specimen From Radical Prostatectomy: a Multicenter Prospective Trial
The Immune compleX Predictive Index (iXip) is a predictive tool for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis that integrates PSA, PSA-IgM, prostate volume and age of the patient.
- Trial name
- NCT03413007
- Testing
- Immune compleX Predictive Index
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Outlook Quality of Life Intervention Study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether discussions of life story, forgiveness, and future goals improve quality of life for patients with serious illness.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Trial name
- NCT01044290
- Testing
- Life Completion, Attention Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Lung Cancer Metastatic
The Alterations of Metabolic Adipo-myokines and Body Composition in End Stage Lung Cancer
The investigators conduct this prospective study and wish to elucidate the association of serial change of body composition, serum adipo-myokines and adverse effect of chemotherapy and lung cancer prognosis
- Trial name
- NCT06060262
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Terminal Cancer, End Stage Cancer
Using Wearable Device to Improve Quality of Palliative Care
This study is going to use wearable devices and smartphones to collect physical data from terminal patients and build a survival predicting model for terminal patients with machine learning.
- Trial name
- NCT05054907
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
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
Hospice, Psilocybin
Pilot Study of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Demoralization in Patients Receiving Hospice Care
The overall objective of this study is to develop and pilot test a novel regimen of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for demoralization in patients receiving hospice care.
- Conditions
- Hospice, Psilocybin, Demoralization, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- PATH (NCT04950608)
- Testing
- Psilocybin, Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Yvan Beaussant, MD, MSci
Cancer, End Stage Renal Disease
The Singapore Chinese Health Study
The "Singapore Chinese Health Study" is a cohort study established by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health in National University of Singapore, together with collaborators from several universities in the United…
- Conditions
- Cancer, End Stage Renal Disease, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- SCHS (NCT03356340)
- Volunteers
- 63,257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Cancer, Terminal Disease
Occupational Therapy Modulates the Pain in Cancer Patient Under Palliative Care
Pain is one of the most incapacitating symptoms because it is a complex experience that includes sensory and emotional perceptions, in which sensory, affective, cognitive, behavioral, cultural and social characteristics interact.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Terminal Disease, Pain
- Trial name
- NCT02102178
- Testing
- Tapestry, Regular occupation therapy, Weaving a scarf on a nail frame
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Barretos Cancer Hospital
Terminal Cancer
Towards Cancer Patient Empowerment for Optimal Use of Antithrombotic Therapy at the End of Life
Despite the fact that antithrombotic therapy (ATT) has little or even negative effects on the well-being of cancer patients during their last year of life, stopping ATT is rare in clinical practice.
- Trial name
- SERENITY (NCT05706740)
- Testing
- Physician survey on antithrombotic medication during end-of-life care in cancer patients
- Where
- 12 sites in Denmark, France and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 467 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Patients With Advanced Cancer Receiving Specialized Palliative Care
Empower the Heart of Patients With Terminal Cancer Using Cardiac Medicines Trial
The pathophysiological implications of various cancer diseases and anti-cancer therapies is the occurrence of a cardiac disease-like phenotype with cardiac dysfunction, cardiac wasting, and cardiac homeostasis changes (incl.
- Trial name
- EMPATICC (NCT05636774)
- Testing
- Heart failure medication
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Essen
Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients
Application of the Stem Cell Therapy in the End Stage Liver Disease and Assessment Its Consequences in the Quality of Live Style as Well as Development of HCC.
Prospective study to calculated the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C virus infected patients after stem cell therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01729221
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Demographics of Intubated Patients Due to an Urgent Call
Assessment of the Patients of Emergency Consultation
The demographic data, mortality rates and clinical diagnoses of the patients who were evaluated, intubated and interned to ICU by the anesthesiology department due to an urgent consultation call from the emergency department in…
- Trial name
- ICU (NCT02216929)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 287 people
- Sponsor
- Gulsah Karaoren
Disseminated Neuroblastoma, Localized Resectable Neuroblastoma
Prognostic Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Young Patients With Neuroblastoma
This research study is studying biomarkers in tumor tissue samples from young patients with neuroblastoma. Studying samples of tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify biomarkers and learn more…
- Conditions
- Disseminated Neuroblastoma, Localized Resectable Neuroblastoma, Localized Unresectable Neuroblastoma, Recurrent Neuroblastoma
- Trial name
- NCT01358617
- Testing
- diagnostic laboratory biomarker analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Oncology Group
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Neoplasms
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in Advanced Cancer
We have developed an 8-week Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy designed to help patients with advanced cancer sustain or enhance a sense of meaning, peace and purpose despite the limitations of their cancer illness.
- Trial name
- NCT00067288
- Testing
- Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy, Standard Supportive Group Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Neoplasms, Terminal Illness
Parenteral Nutrition Therapy in Patients With Incurable Cancer
Parenteral nutrition (PN) treatment in patients with incurable cancer is understudied and the level of evidence for clinical meaningful effects is weak.
- Trial name
- PATNIC (NCT04456647)
- Testing
- Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- 4 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 507 people
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
End Stage Liver Disease, Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Vienna Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion Study
In this observational cohort study data on all patients undergoing liver transplantation after hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion at Medical University of Vienna will be prospectively recorded.
- Trial name
- VIHOMPS (NCT06418165)
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna