Clinical trials: Family Communication
Communication, Critical Illness
Improving Family Meetings in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
This study aims to improve communication between medical teams, patients, and families in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.
- Trial name
- NCT03749330
- Testing
- CICU Team And Loved Ones Communicating (CICU TALC)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 451 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Family Reported Errors and Adverse Events
Family Activation and Communication About Errors and Safety (FACES)
Miscommunications are a leading cause of serious medical errors in hospitals, contributing to more than 60% of sentinel events, the most serious adverse events reported to the Joint Commission.
- Trial name
- FACES (NCT02877017)
- Testing
- Family safety reporting intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 985 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Pediatric Obesity
Quincy Family, Youth & Technology For Lifestyle Change (FYT-4-LIFE) Study
To date, approaches that show the most promise for preventing and/or reversing the course of childhood obesity involve the delivery of intensive lifestyle interventions within a family-based context, emphasizing the necessity of…
- Trial name
- QFYT (NCT02324361)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, Evidence-based information on healthy family routines
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Communication
Bringing I-PASS to the Bedside: A Communication Bundle to Improve Patient Safety and Experience
Patient and Family-Centered I-PASS is a bundle of communication interventions to improve the quality of information exchange between physicians, nurses, and families, and to better integrate families into all aspects of daily…
- Trial name
- NCT02320175
- Testing
- Patient and Family Centered I-PASS
- Where
- 7 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,478 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Neoplasms, Cancer
An Evaluation of the Families Addressing Cancer Together (FACT) Intervention
This is a pilot feasibility and acceptability study to inform the development and testing of a novel communication intervention to support parents in their communication with children about cancer.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms, Cancer, Parenting, Communication
- Trial name
- FACT (NCT04342871)
- Testing
- FACT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hospitalism in Children, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Pilot Testing of an Equity Focused and Trauma-informed Communication Intervention During Family-centered Rounds
Development and pilot testing of a clinician coaching communication intervention to improve communication between medical teams and caregivers (parents, family members) of children in the hospital.
- Trial name
- EFTI (NCT05618652)
- Testing
- Equity Focused and Trauma-Informed Communication Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Active Breast Cancer Treatment
Involving Family to Improve Communication in Breast Cancer Care
This study evaluates a multi-component communication intervention in the outpatient setting to strengthen communication among patients being actively treated for breast cancer and their support network of family members and…
- Trial name
- NCT03283553
- Testing
- Checklist, MyChart, OpenNotes, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
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
Neoplasms, Cancer
The Families Addressing Cancer Together Intervention for Parents With Cancer
The proposed pilot randomized controlled trial will test the FACT (Families Addressing Cancer Together) intervention designed to improve parents' confidence and ability to talk about their cancer with their minor children.
- Conditions
- Neoplasms, Cancer, Parenting, Communication
- Trial name
- FACT (NCT05377749)
- Testing
- FACT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Substance-Related Disorders, Underage Drinking
Testing a Brief Substance Misuse Preventative Intervention for Parents/Guardians of 5th-7th Grade Students
The current study aims to test the efficacy of a family communication-based, novel, adaptable, and resource-efficient substance misuse preventive intervention for parents/guardians of pre/early adolescents (grades 5-7).
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Underage Drinking, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT03925220
- Testing
- The SUPPER Project, Improving nutrition and physical activity among youth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Dementia, Chronic Pain
Developing a Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit
The proposed research will develop, refine, and pilot test the Pain Identification and Communication Toolkit (PICT), an intervention to help family caregivers of community-dwelling persons with dementia identify pain symptoms and…
- Trial name
- PICT (NCT03853291)
- Testing
- PICT Workbook, Information Pamphlet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
COPD
Impact of a Peer Support Program Amongst COPD Patients and Their Caregivers
The study is to compare the effectiveness of two health communication and dissemination strategies that are designed to engage patients and family caregivers in successfully managing COPD in 'real-world' settings.
- Trial name
- NCT02891200
- Testing
- Peer support program, HCP support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 292 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Multiple Chronic Conditions, Children With Medical Complexity
Understanding Factors in Decision Making for Children With Medical Complexity
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare different strategies to communicate around potential risks and benefits related to treatment decision making in parents/adult caregivers of children with medical complexity.
- Trial name
- NCT05913206
- Testing
- Ambiguity, Complexity, Normalizing language
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 831 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
First Degree Relatives of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Personalized Risk Estimator for Rheumatoid Arthritis Family Study
The purpose of this study is to understand how personalized risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may impact willingness to change behaviors associated with RA.
- Trial name
- PRE-RA (NCT02046005)
- Testing
- PRE-RA, PRE-RA Plus, General Rheumatoid Arthritis Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cancer
Building Evidence for Effective Palliative/End of Life Care for Teens With Cancer
To test the efficacy of FACE-TC on key outcomes, the investigators propose using an intent-to-treat, longitudinal, prospective, multi-site, randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
- Trial name
- FACE-TC (NCT02693665)
- Testing
- FAmily CEntered Advance Care Planning for Teens with Cancer
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Maureen Lyon
Autism, Development Delay
Culturally-Responsive Curriculum for Caregivers With Children at Autism Likelihood
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how helpful and relevant the Family Care Project workbook is for families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have a young child at autism likelihood.
- Trial name
- NCT06314438
- Testing
- Family Care Project
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis
Facilitating Communication Study
This study is a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to improve outcomes for patients and their family by using ICU nurse facilitators to support, model, and teach communication strategies that enable patients and their…
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease, Neoplasm Metastasis, Lung Neoplasm, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- Trial name
- FCS2 (NCT03721952)
- Testing
- Facilitator-Based Intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Development Delay, Behavior Problem
The Pro-Parenting Study: Helping Parents Reduce Behavior Problems in Preschool Children With Developmental Delay
The Pro-Parenting Study seeks to determine the added benefit of targeting both parenting stress and parent management strategies to more effectively reduce behavior problems among children with developmental delay (DD).
- Trial name
- NCT03599648
- Testing
- BPT-M, BPT-E
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 959 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Impairment
Negotiation Training for Caregiver Communication in AD
The purpose of this study is to design a Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (NDR) training intervention to improve communication and address resolution of conflicts that family caregivers of patients with cognitive impairment…
- Trial name
- NCT04837937
- Testing
- Caregiver vs. Patient [Beginner], Caregiver vs. Caregiver, Caregiver vs. Physician
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Cognitive Impairment
Involving Family to Improve Communication in Primary Care
This study evaluates an agenda-setting checklist for patients with cognitive impairment and their family companions that is completed in the waiting room in advance of a primary care visit.
- Trial name
- SAMEPage (NCT02986958)
- Testing
- Pre-visit patient-family agenda-setting checklist, Usual care
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health