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Palliative Care for Heart Failure Patients

NCT01519479 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 232

Last updated 2019-03-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of palliative care consultation on quality of life and symptom management for patients hospitalized with acute heart failure with a randomized control trial at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Palliative Care Consultation

Intervention patient would receive an inpatient palliative care consultation to focus on comprehensive symptom assessment, create goals of care/treatment plan which include recommendations and referrals.

OTHER

Control

The control group would receive usual care and could receive a palliative consult if ordered by the treating provider

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Allina Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Justin Kirven, MD · Allina Health System

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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