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Does Outpatient Palliative Care Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease?

NCT02533921 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2020-01-31

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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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care

Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care is an approach to caring for individuals with life-threatening illnesses that addresses potential causes of suffering including physical symptoms such as pain, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, psychosocial issues and spiritual needs. Palliative care approaches have been successfully applied to improve patient-centered outcomes in cancer as well as several chronic progressive illnesses including heart failure and pulmonary disease.

OTHER

Standard of Care

Usual care defined as including both a PCP and neurologist

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Benzi Kluger · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-09-20
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases
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