N/A
N=210
Does Outpatient Palliative Care Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease?
Parkinson's Disease
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02533921 ↗Enrolled (actual)
210
Serious AEs
0.5%
Results posted
Jan 2020
Primary outcome: Primary: Changes in the Subjects Quality of Life (QOL) — -0.8446; 0.6576 score on a scale — p=0.0272
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care (Other); Standard of Care (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 40+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Primary completion
- Sep 2018
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Changes in the Subjects Quality of Life (QOL) |
-0.8446; 0.6576 | 0.0272 sig |
| PRIMARY Changes in Caregiver Distress |
-1.2031; -2.3267 | 0.1761 |
| SECONDARY Changes in Patient Anxiety |
-0.7318; -1.1933 | 0.2369 |
| SECONDARY Changes in Patient Depression |
-0.2041; -0.3351 | 0.7484 |
| SECONDARY Changes in Caregiver Anxiety |
-0.5216; -1.2095 | 0.1529 |
| SECONDARY Changes in Caregiver Depression |
-0.1969; -0.3576 | 0.6834 |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to improve outcomes for persons living with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and their family caregivers. The investigators hypothesize that outpatient interdisciplinary palliative care will improve patient-centered outcomes for PD patients at high-risk for poor outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Fluent in English
- UK Brain Bank criteria for diagnosis of probable PD or Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA) or Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) or Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) or Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
- At high risk for poor outcomes as identified by the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Tool (PC-NAT)
Exclusion Criteria
- Immediate and urgent palliative care needs
- Unable or unwilling to commit to study procedures including;
- randomization,
- study visits or
- the addition of a neurologist to their care team
- Presence of additional chronic medical illnesses which may require palliative services
- Already receiving palliative care and/or hospice services.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02533921). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.