Clinical trials: Terminal Illness
Terminal Illness
ADJUST: A Study on MDT Prognostication
This study investigates how clinicians form intuitive judgements about the prognoses of palliative care patients after receiving advice perceived as coming from either a team member or an algorithm.
- Trial name
- ADJUST (NCT04568629)
- Testing
- Advice from the PiPS-B14 prognostic tool, Advice from another clinician
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Advance Care Planning, Vulnerable Populations
Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Underserved Communities in Advance Care Planning
This national project will provide an effective, evidence-based intervention for advance care planning (ACP) to 50 underserved US communities, those with poor access to healthcare systems due to economic, cultural or other…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Vulnerable Populations, Advance Directives, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- NCT03456921
- Testing
- End-of-life conversation game called "Hello"
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,122 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Terminal Illness, Critical Illness
Targeting Bias to Reduce Disparities in End of Life Care
This study aims to determine the ways in which clinician implicit racial biases affect clinician communication with family members of patients near the end of life and to test a novel physician training intervention to reduce the…
- Trial name
- BRiDgE-Sim (NCT05165888)
- Testing
- Communication and Bias Mitigation Training, Communication skills training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Renal Disease, End-Stage, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Bosutinib In Subjects With Renal Impairment
This is a two-staged study of a single dose of 200 mg of bosutinib given to subjects with renal impairment and matching healthy volunteers.
- Conditions
- Renal Disease, End-Stage, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Renal Insufficiency, Acute
- Trial name
- NCT01233882
- Testing
- Bosutinib
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Participants Must be Women Aged 25 Years or Older, Participants Should Have no Self-reported History of Heart Disease or Stroke
RCT of HeartBot in Women
The goal of this clinical trial is to find out whether an app-based program called HeartBot II, which uses an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, can help improve women's awareness and knowledge of heart attacks in women.
- Conditions
- Participants Must be Women Aged 25 Years or Older, Participants Should Have no Self-reported History of Heart Disease or Stroke, Participants Should Have no Terminal Illness or Diagnosed Cognitive Impairment, Including Alzheimer's Disease, Participants Should Not be a Healthcare Professionals or Healthcare Trainees
- Trial name
- HeartBot II (NCT07416734)
- Testing
- HeartBot II Program, Waitlist Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Renal Disease, End Stage
PK Study of IV and Oral Amisulpride in Subjects With Severe Renal Impairment
The aim of the study is to understand how Amisulpride is taken up and distributed around the body and how quickly it is eliminated, when given by mouth and into a vein in adults with severe kidney disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04849650
- Testing
- Amisulpride IV, Amisulpride Oral Tablet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acacia Pharma Ltd
Implantable Defibrillator User, Terminal Illness
GAMification to Encourage End-Of-Life Discussions Between ICD Patients and Caregivers
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of the GAMification to Encourage End-Of-Life (GAME-EOL) intervention, which uses the Hello Game program to encourage and facilitate quality end-of-life (EOL)…
- Trial name
- GAME-EOL (NCT04994782)
- Testing
- GAME-EOL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Debra Moser
End Stage Disease
Comparison Between the Assessment of Anxious and Depressive Symptomology
In palliative care, anxiety and depression in advanced cancer are under evaluated, under diagnosed and therefore under treated. 5 to 30% of patients present anxious and depressive disorders. Physical symptoms are easy to assess.
- Trial name
- EDAPAL (NCT04148924)
- Testing
- Questionnaire, Medical staff questionnaire
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Error Disclosure, Diagnoses Disease
A Priori Diagnosis and Diagnostic Errors
This is a prospective randomized single-blind simulator-based trial. 156 4th year medical students were randomised to receive one of three different suspected diagnoses of a pre-treating physician (no diagnosis, myocardial…
- Conditions
- Error Disclosure, Diagnoses Disease, Simulation of Physical Illness
- Trial name
- NCT04659265
- Testing
- Suspected diagnosis of a pre-treating physician
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Palliative Care, Terminal Illness
The Surprise Study
This study investigates the use of the Surprise Question [SQ] (would you be surprised if this patient were to die in the next 12 months?) in routine practice.
- Trial name
- NCT03697213
- Testing
- Online study
- Where
- 6 sites in Belgium, Germany and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Narrative Medicine, Chronic Disease
Impact of Early Implementation of Narrative Medicine Techniques on Patient Centered Attitudes of Medical Students
A qualitative study assessing the impact of early narrative medicine practice on Medical Honors Program (MHP) students' attitudes regarding patient-centered interactions, through interviewing patients with chronic or…
- Conditions
- Narrative Medicine, Chronic Disease, Terminal Illness, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03041571
- Testing
- Patient Provider Orientation Scale, Interview performed by MHP student
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Kidney Disease, Kidney Disease, Chronic
Rutgers University Study of the Genetics of Kidney Disease
The goal of this observational study is to learn more about how genes impact the risk of kidney disease. Anyone 18 or older living in the US is eligible, and a diagnosis of kidney disease is NOT required.
- Conditions
- Kidney Disease, Kidney Disease, Chronic, Kidney Disease, End-Stage, Kidney Diseases
- Trial name
- rugcc-kd (NCT07217535)
- Testing
- Saliva sample, Health surveys
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kidney Disease, End-Stage
Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Kidney Practice (ePRO Kidney)
People living with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) need dialysis or transplantation in order to stay alive. This illness and treatment significantly impact peoples' health, emotions, work and relationships.
- Trial name
- NCT03149328
- Testing
- Educational Support
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 594 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke
Explore the Sharing Model Intervene to Improve the Knowledge, Attitudes, Service Intentions and Service Start-up Effects of the Eight Major Non-cancer Disease End-stage Caregivers on Well-being and Palliative Care
Since September 1st, 2009, Taiwan has begun to pay attention to the care of patients with organ failure, dementia and the elderly, and brought eight of non-cancer terminal patients into health insurance subsidies to implement the…
- Conditions
- Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset, Stroke, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- NCT05407272
- Testing
- Health Education Manual, manual
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wen-Shiou Pan
Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplant
TreaT-Assay: the New Frontier for the Diagnosis of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplantation is the standard therapy for end-stage renal disease. Acute rejection (AR) or chronic rejection along with reactive donor immunity, which counteracts organ acceptance, are among the greatest medical…
- Conditions
- Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplant, Kidney Disease, End-Stage
- Trial name
- NCT06801262
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
People with Terminal Illness
Mapping Financial Support for the Terminally Ill
People living with terminal illness (an illness that is not curable and likely to lead to death) are often unable to work and experience increased costs associated with their health, such as caring costs, needing to purchase aids…
- Trial name
- NCT06793631
- Testing
- Participants will be interviewed qualitatively about experience of providing/receiving financial support for living costs
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London
Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives
Project Talk Trial: Engaging Underserved Communities in End-of-life Conversations
Compared to the general population, individuals from underserved communities are more likely to receive low quality end-of-life care and unwanted, costly and burdensome treatments due in part to a lack of advance care planning…
- Conditions
- Advance Care Planning, Advance Directives, Terminal Illness, Chronic Illness
- Trial name
- NCT04612738
- Testing
- Hello (serious game), The Conversation Project (CP) Starter Kit, Table Topics (general conversation game)
- Where
- 79 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State
A Study to Tailor Advance Directives
In this study, hospitalized patients will first be surveyed regarding their interest in a traditional advanced directive (AD) and then in a modified AD.
- Conditions
- Dementia, Persistent Vegetative State, Terminally Ill
- Trial name
- NCT00121004
- Testing
- Advance Directive Selection
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Terminal Illness
ORaClES: A Trial to Improve Prognostication
This study evaluates whether an online training resource can improve the performance of medical students in recognising imminently dying palliative care patients.
- Trial name
- ORaClES (NCT03360812)
- Testing
- Online training resource
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College, London