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Palliative Care in Heart Failure

NCT01589601 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2019-08-28

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Summary

The primary aim of the PAL-HF trial is to assess the impact of an interdisciplinary palliative care intervention combined with usual heart failure management on health-related quality of life as measured by the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy with Palliative Care Subscale.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Usual heart failure care

Usual heart failure care focused on symptom relief; assessment and management of anxiety, depression, and spiritual concerns; as well as advance care planning that includes definition of care goals, resuscitation preferences, and participation in the Outlook intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Interdisciplinary palliative care

Interdisciplinary palliative care focused on symptom relief; assessment and management of anxiety, depression, and spiritual concerns; as well as advance care planning that includes definition of care goals, resuscitation preferences, and participation in the Outlook intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph G. Rogers, MD · Duke University Medical Center - DCRI

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2016-02-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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