Clinical trials: Palliative Care
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
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
Dementia
AI4HOPE Pilot Study 1 Digital Toolkit Assessment
The pilot study will develop and test a standardized assessment toolkit that will provide conclusive information with a tolerable burden for cognitively impaired patients with dementia.
- Trial name
- AI4HOPE1 (NCT06289322)
- Testing
- Digital toolkit for assessment
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bonn
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Metastatic Cancer
Improving End-of-life Care by Continuing Medical Education and Electronic Decision Making Support for General Practitioners
Background: Optimizing the basic palliative care has been shown beneficial to patients in end-of-life care, the general practitioner (GP) having a pivotal role in the health care system, providing comprehensive and continued…
- Trial name
- NCT02050256
- Testing
- continuing medical education and electronic decision support, education and electronic support
- Where
- Denmark
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Pain, Anxiety
Impact of Massage Therapy on the Quality of Life of Hospice Patients
This is a pilot study to evaluate the impact of massage therapy in hospice patients.
- Conditions
- Pain, Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02880202
- Testing
- Massage Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cancer
Influence of Dietary and Palliative Care Consultation on the Quality of Life (Qol), Performance Status, and Nutritional Status of Cancer Patients in Bangladesh
Cancer patients are more likely to have malnutrition, which has been associated with poorer quality of life, higher morbidity, mortality rates, and impaired efficacy and tolerance to therapy.
- Trial name
- Consult Cancer (NCT06971263)
- Testing
- Consultation on both nutrition, and palliative care, Counselling on nutrition and healthy diet
- Where
- 3 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 215 people
- Sponsor
- Jahangirnagar University
Pediatric Palliative Care
Analysis of the Hospital Node in the Management of Acute Events of Patients Referred to Pediatric Palliative Care
This study aims to analyze the role of the hospital node in the acute event management of pediatric patients referred to Pediatric Palliative Care.
- Trial name
- NO_SCUSE (NCT06797921)
- Where
- 7 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 350 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna
Improved Emotional Regulation, Improvement in Quality of Life
The Role of Music in Palliative Care: A Proposal for a Rural Based Initiative in Music Based Interventions
Current practice in larger palliative care centers offer many supportive service modalities, which are often unavailable in the rural setting.
- Conditions
- Improved Emotional Regulation, Improvement in Quality of Life, Symptom Relief, Preservation of Dignity
- Trial name
- NCT02661880
- Testing
- preferred music
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Pancreatic Carcinoma
L-CARnitine in the Palliative Treatment of Advanced PANcreatic Cancer (CARPAN)
The study investigated the role of L-Carnitine supplementation on proinflammatory immune response, malnutrition, cancer cachexia and cancer related fatigue in advanced and inoperable pancreatic cancer, UICC Stage IV .
- Trial name
- CARPAN (NCT01330823)
- Testing
- L-Carnitine
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Tracheostomy, Care
The Effects of Listening to Fairy Tales, Listening to Fairy Tales in Their Mothers' Voices, and Watching Cartoons on Pain, Comfort Levels, and Physiological Parameters During Tracheostomy Care in a Palliative Care Clinic
This study aimed to determine the effects of listening to fairy tales, listening to fairy tales from the mother's voice, and watching cartoons on pain, comfort, and physiological parameters during tracheostomy care of children…
- Trial name
- NCT07210346
- Testing
- fairy tales, mother's voice, Cartoons
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Pediatric Palliative Care
Prospective Home-Based Palliative Care and Hospice Study
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the addition of home-based hospice and palliative care (HBHPC) will provide a reduction in health care utilization, improve quality of life, and facilitate goal-concordant…
- Trial name
- NCT06362239
- Testing
- Study Surveys
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Steven Smith
Tracheostomy Infection
Musical-animated Toys and Audio Books in Pediatric Palliative Care.
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of audio book and musical-moving toy on fear, anxiety and pain in tracheostomy care of children in palliative clinic.
- Trial name
- NCT06121440
- Testing
- Listening to audiobook, Playing musical-moving toy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Gamze Akay
Cancer
Aromatherapy for Integrated Cancer Care
The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of aromatherapy in relief of commonly reported symptoms in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT03449511
- Testing
- Ginger aromatherapy, Orange aromatherapy, Lavender aromatherapy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Bone Metastases in Subjects With Advanced Cancer, Radiotherapy
Timely Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology Care for Patients Referred for Palliative Radiotherapy on Bone Metastases: A Randomized Trial
Rationale: With improvements in systemic tumour-directed treatments for primary tumours, survival rates for patients with bone metastases are improving.
- Trial name
- TIPZO-RT (NCT06805396)
- Testing
- Palliative Care Consult
- Where
- 5 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- Roxanne Gal
Palliative Medicine
The MuSt-PC: a Feasibility Study on Intent to Use a Tool With Regard to Symptom Management
A study on the intent to use a tool (MuSt-PC) to manage symptoms of patients in a palliative care trajectory.
- Trial name
- NCT06110624
- Testing
- Survey
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Outcome
PACT Involvement in Cardiology Patients
The goal of this trial is to determine the effectiveness of a machine-learning (ML) model predicting a serious cardiac event within the next three months, when compared pre- versus post-deployment, in pediatric cardiac…
- Conditions
- Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Outcome, Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Cardiology
- Trial name
- NCT06886529
- Testing
- ML-based intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Paediatric Palliative Care
Paediatric End of Life Care Needs in Switzerland
Background Children living with life-limiting conditions have always been part of the health care system. Although there have been dramatic improvements in medical care, hundreds of children continue to die annually.
- Trial name
- PELICAN (NCT01983852)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Basel
Symptom Management
Starlight Therapy in Palliative Care
Starlight Therapy™ has been shown to help alleviate end-of-life symptoms in Palliative Care patients and reduce the need for PRN or "as needed" medications.
- Trial name
- NCT03716999
- Testing
- Starlight Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
End of Life
Survey on Palliative Care and Law Perception
The primary objective of the current survey study is to obtain detailed information about European intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians' awareness of palliative care and relevant, local end-of-life (EoL) legislation.
- Trial name
- PCLAW (NCT06245525)
- Testing
- This is not an interventional study
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 523 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Palliative Radiotherapy
Advanced Techniques For Single-fraction Palliative Radiotherapy Versus Standard Multi Fraction Radiation
The aim of the study is to determine if single fraction dose escalated palliative radiotherapy results in a prolonged duration of benefit for patients otherwise suitable for Multifraction (5-10#) palliative radiation.
- Trial name
- ASPIRE_Multi (NCT04649125)
- Testing
- dose escalation
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Royal North Shore Hospital