Clinical trials: Terminally Ill
Walking Intervention
6 Minutes Walking Program for Terminally Ill Patients at Home or in an Institution
This study was conducted with a single-blind, randomized control method for 120 participants, 60 in the regular care group and 60 in the exercise intervention group.
- Trial name
- NCT05696262
- Testing
- 6-walking program
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Fever, Palliative Care
Fever In Palliative Care
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of fever in terminally ill adult patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospice at Luigi Sacco Hospital in Milan.
- Conditions
- Fever, Palliative Care, Terminal Illness
- Trial name
- NCT07106073
- Testing
- Collection of demographic, anthropometric and clinical data.
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 145 people
- Sponsor
- Stefania Cheli
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
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
Terminally Ill Patients
Mobile Shared Decision-Making Program for ICU Caregivers
By developing a smart mobile shared decision-making (SDM) model, this study aims to assist family members of critically ill end-stage patients in making appropriate decisions, enhance their decision quality, and evaluate the…
- Trial name
- NCT07469878
- Testing
- Experimental: Mobile technology devices
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- CHIA-HUI MA
Pain Intractable, Delirium
Pilot Study Comparing Treatment With Dexmedetomidine to Midazolam for Symptom Control in Advanced Cancer Patients
Cancer patients with very difficult to control symptoms at the Abbotsford (AC) and Fraser Valley (FVC) Cancer Centers are referred and admitted to the Tertiary Palliative Care Units at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer…
- Conditions
- Pain Intractable, Delirium, Dyspnea, Nausea
- Trial name
- NCT01687751
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam
- Where
- Canada
- Sponsor
- Fraser Health
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing, Terminally Ill Patients
The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Providing Mechanical Bath in Terminally Ill Patients
Providing mechanical bathing (MB) is a commonly used strategy to maintain cleanness and comfort in patients with terminally illness. However, extra devices, costs, and human resources are required for such service.
- Trial name
- NCT06620146
- Testing
- mechanical bathing
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 245 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Terminally Ill, Histologically-confirmed Advanced Cancer
A Phase 1 Study of Substance P-Saporin in Terminal Cancer Patients With Intractable Pain
The subjects will be treated with a single dose of SP-SAP. They will receive the study drug SP-SAP via a percutaneous intraspinal catheter, they will be monitored for 4 hours and required to stay in the hospital for 24 hours for…
- Conditions
- Terminally Ill, Histologically-confirmed Advanced Cancer, Pain, Intractable
- Trial name
- NCT02036281
- Testing
- Substance P-Saporin
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center