N/A N=22 End-of-Life Care for African Americans
Colonic Neoplasms · Breast Neoplasms · Lung Neoplasms
Primary: Intent to Discuss Advance Directives (Based on the Transtheoretical Stages of Change Model) — 0; 1; 1; 3 Participants
Clinical Trial Search
Completed trials with posted results — search by concept, filter by the parameters that matter at the bedside.
N/A N=376 Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Communication for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Pulmonary Disease · COPD · Chronic Bronchitis
Primary: Effect of Intervention on Quality of Patient Clinician Communication About End-of-Life Care(QOC) Scale — 23.3; 19.2; 34.0; 25.5 units on a scale — p=0.03
N/A N=78 Family Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Advanced Heart Failure
Heart Failure NYHA Class III · Heart Failure NYHA Class IV
Primary: Patient Heart Failure Health Status (KCCQ)- Baseline — 26.79; 27.11 score on a scale
N/A N=7 Palliative Care for Persons With ADRD and CI in SNF
Advance Care Planning · Palliative Care · Skilled Nursing Facility
Primary: Number of Participants That Completed Patient Quality of Life Survey — 4; 3; 3; 3 Participants
N/A N=83 The Hospice Advanced Dementia Symptom Management and Quality of Life Trial
Dementia
Primary: Percentage of Hospice IDT Members Who Complete Required Education and Training — 92 percentage of participants
N/A N=1,151 Implementation of Knowledge-Based Palliative Care
Ageing
Primary: World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) — 86; 82; 3; 3 score on a scale
N/A N=120 A Culturally Sensitive Values-Guided Aid for End of Life Decision-Making
Congestive Heart Failure · Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease · Cirrhosis
Primary: Presence of Discussions About End of Life Care Goals/Wishes — 13; 8 participants — p=.77
N/A N=1,606 Emergency Medicine Palliative Care Access
Advanced Cancer · End Stage Organ Failure
Primary: Change in Quality of Life for Patients, as Measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General (FACT-G) — 3.7; 3.1 score on a scale
N/A N=7,590 Improving Palliative Care Through Teamwork
Palliative Care
Primary: Hospital Site of Death: Number of Decedents Cared for in an Enrolled and Assigned NH Facility, Who Were Transferred to a Hospital and Died in the Hospital During the…
N/A N=18 Removing Transfusion Dependence as a Barrier to Hospice Enrollment
Hematologic Malignancy · Myelodysplastic Syndromes · Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Primary: Proportion of Eligible Patients Choosing to Participate in the Care Model Under Study Rather Than Standard of Care. — 10 Participants
N/A N=121 Living Well Project for Persons With AIDS
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Primary: Change in Quality of Life — 5.87; 5.17; 5.68; 5.06 score on a scale
N/A N=242 Preparation for End-of-Life Decision Making in Mild Dementia
Dementia
Primary: Dyad Congruence With Goals-of-Care Tool — 9; 4; 11; 24 Participants
N/A N=37 Giving Information Systematically and Transparently in Lung and GI Cancer Phase 2
Critical Illness · Oncology · Communication
Primary: Change in Prognostic Understanding — 0.58; 0.18 units on a scale
N/A N=852 An Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of SPIRIT in ESRD
End Stage Renal Disease
Primary: Dyad Congruence on Goals-of-Care Tool — 98; 76; 133; 119 dyads
N/A N=142 Palliative Care for Elderly Outpatients
Cancer Terminal
Primary: Dignity Impact Scale — 26.3; 26.2; 26.2 score on a scale — p=0.02
N/A N=134 Evaluation of Methods for Implementation of a Comfort Care Order Set
Terminal Conditions, End of Life
Primary: Presence of an Active Opioid Order at Time of Death — 1330; 1543 Participants — p=0.445
N/A N=45 Palliative Care Consultations in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Setting
Palliative Care · Advance Care Planning · Skilled Nursing Facilities
Primary: Number of Participants Who Completed Patient Quality of Life Surveys — 10; 35; 10; 35 participants
N/A N=50 A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Advanced Care Planning Video Decision Support Tool for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease
End Stage Liver Disease
Primary: Number of Eligible Participants Enrolled in the Study — 50 Participants
N/A N=6,066 Intervention to Improve Care at Life's End
Death · Pain · Dyspnea
Primary: Presence of Order for Opioid Pain Medication — 2004; 2056 participants — p=.009
N/A N=381 Statin Discontinuation in Advanced Illness
Palliative Medicine · Cardiovascular Disease
Primary: Proportion of Deaths Within 60 Days of Enrollment. — 0.203; 0.238 proportion of deaths
N/A N=50 Nurse Coach-Led Early Palliative Care for Older Adults With COPD and Their Care Partners: The Project EPIC Pilot RCT
COPD
Primary: Intervention Feasibility — 9.2; 6.4 Sessions
N/A N=562 Predictive Analytics and Behavioral Nudges to Improve Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer
Cancer
Primary: Number of Study Participants Who Have Completed a Palliative Care Visit Within 3 Months of Enrollment — 22; 130 participants
N/A N=262 Intervention to Improve Expression of End of Life Preferences for Homeless Persons
Healthy
Primary: Completion of Advance Directive — 15; 55 Participants — p=<0.05
N/A N=80 Piloting a Multi-component Technology-based Care Intervention to Address Patient Symptoms in Home Hospice
Hospice
Primary: Participant Recruitment Rate — 37.7 percentage of enrolled participants
Phase 1 N=66 Marijuana in Combination With Opioids in Palliative and Hospice Patients
Pain
Primary: Primary Reduction of Pain — 2.55; 1.40 units on a scale from 0 to 10
N/A N=40 Shared Decision Making to Improve Palliative Care in the Nursing Home
Pain
Primary: Difference in Mean Patient Health Questionaire 9 Score From Baseline — .74; 3.38 units on a scale — p=<.009
N/A N=884 Palliative Care for Persons With Late-stage Alzheimer's and Related Dementias and Their Caregivers
Dementia · Dementia, Vascular · Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Primary: Incidence of Hospital Transfers (Patients) — 0.99; 1.12 events per person day at risk — p=0.522
N/A N=131 Pilot Evaluation of Hospice Decision Support Tools
Hospice · End-of-life Decision Making · Hospice Decision Making
Primary: Hospice Knowledge Scale — 18; 17 score on a scale
N/A N=306 Advancing Symptom Alleviation With Palliative Treatment
Heart Failure · Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive · Emphysema
Primary: Function Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-General (FACT-G) — 59.0; 54.0 score on a scale
N/A N=210 A Representational Intervention to Promote Preparation for End-of-life Decision Making
End Stage Renal Disease
Primary: Dyad Congruence — 48; 64 percentage of congruent dyads — p=<.05