Clinical trials: Terminal 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
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
Influenza
Trial of the Safety, Transmissibility, and Phenotypic and Genotypic Stability of Influenza Virus Vaccine,(CAIV-T), in Children Who Attend Day Care. (Final Report Version 2.0)
To assess whether CAIV-T was transmitted from vaccinated children to their unvaccinated contacts in a day care setting; and if so, to estimate the rate of transmission.
- Trial name
- NCT00192361
- Testing
- CAIV-T
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MedImmune LLC
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
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
Neonatal Care Neonatal Comfort Swaddled Bathing Wipe Bathing
The Effect of Wiping and Swaddling Bath Methods Applied in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit on Neonatal Comfort: a Randomized Controlled Trial
This study will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of different bathing methods on neonatal comfort.
- Trial name
- WS-Bath RCT (NCT06887686)
- Testing
- Swaddled Bath Intervention Wipe Bath Intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gamze Gocmen
Terminal Conditions, End of Life
Evaluation of Methods for Implementation of a Comfort Care Order Set
The overarching goal of this research program is to improve the quality of end-of-life care provided to Veterans dying in VA Medical Centers (VAMCs), by transferring the best practices of home hospice and palliative care for the…
- Trial name
- BEACON II (NCT02383173)
- Testing
- Basic Implementation Approach, Enhanced Implementation Approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Respiratory Failure, Shock
Comparing Post Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in ESRD Patient's With Early Dialysis Versus Standard Care
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important risk factor for coronary and valvular cardiac disease leading to cardiac surgery.
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Shock, Coagulopathy
- Trial name
- NCT04705701
- Testing
- Hemodialysis
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest
End-of-life Practices in 2019 vs. 2014
In 2014, the authors conducted a survey of key opinion leaders on ethical resuscitation practices in 31 European Countries. The authors administered a comprehensive questionnaire to 1-2 "experts" from each country…
- Conditions
- Terminal Illness, Heart Arrest, Ethics, Narrative
- Trial name
- NCT04078815
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium, Greece
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Palliative Care
Evaluation of an Intervention Designed to Enhance the Quality of Decision Support Provided to Patients Making Decisions About End-of-life Place of Care
Most dying cancer patients would prefer a home death yet die in an institution. Patients can experience uncertainty when weighing practical considerations, concern for others, and their personal ratings about the desirability and…
- Trial name
- NCT00614003
- Testing
- Decision support skills building Intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Dementia
Palliative and End-of-life Care in Advanced Dementia: Evaluation of a Program of Organization of Care in Long-term Care
Rationale: In Canada, as in most industrialized countries, Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia are increasingly prevalent in older people.
- Trial name
- NCT01441726
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Pediatric Brain Tumor
Compassionate Treatment in Children With Brain Tumors With the Cytotron®
This is a prospective case-control study. This study is expected to last for approximately 12 months, comprised of 4-8 weeks of enrollment period, 28 days of treatment and 6 months of follow up.
- Trial name
- NCT03577600
- Testing
- QMRT with the Cytotron®
- Where
- Mexico
- Sponsor
- Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Palliative Care
Decision Making With Bioethical Perspective in Palliative Care en Mexico
All clinical practice includes decision making, and sometimes you are ethically challenging because of the consequences it will bring to the patient, the health professional or society in general.
- Trial name
- NCT03913390
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guadalajara
Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
A-LiNK: Improving Outcomes in Autoimmune Liver Disease
The Autoimmune Liver disease Network for Kids (A-LiNK) is a multi-institutional group with the mission to deliver the best care to kids with pediatric autoimmune liver disease (AILD).
- Trial name
- ALINK (NCT05750498)
- Testing
- No interventions
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
End-of-life Care
Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying at Residential Care Homes
Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) was developed to transfer the care practice from the hospice setting to the hospital setting in UK.
- Trial name
- NCT01428206
- Testing
- Liverpool care pathway
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care
Nurse-Led Culturally Adapted Palliative and End-of-Life Training for Oncology Nurses in Oman
This study evaluated a nurse-led, culturally adapted training program in palliative and end-of-life care (N-PELTP) for oncology nurses in Oman.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms (Cancer / Tumors), Palliative Care, Terminal Care
- Trial name
- N-PELTP (NCT07460570)
- Testing
- N-PELTP Palliative and End-of-Life Training Program
- Where
- 2 sites in Oman
- Volunteers
- 189 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Qaboos University
Iatrogenic Effect, Prescription
Optimization of Drug Prescriptions in the Care Pathway for the Elderly, With the Final Objective of Reducing the Iatrogenic Risk
The IATROPREV project is an organizational innovation experimentation project, carried out in Hauts-de-France by the University hospitals of Amiens and Lille, the ARS and the URPS Doctors and Pharmacists of Hauts-de-France and…
- Conditions
- Iatrogenic Effect, Prescription, Follow-up, Consultation
- Trial name
- IATROPREV (NCT05045235)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Congenital Disorders
Palliative Care of Children With End-Stage Heart Failure
Palliative care in pediatric oncology and neurology is well described in the literature. There is a lack of information on the care of children terminally ill due to heart failure.
- Trial name
- NCT00327782
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Terminal Illness
Family Talk Intervention in the Context of Specialised Palliative Home Care
This intervention study aims to evaluate a psychosocial family based intervention in clinical practice, the Family Talk Intervention (FTI), for families with dependent children affected by life-threatening/life-limiting illness…
- Trial name
- NCT05365919
- Testing
- Family Talk Intervention
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Ersta Sköndal University College