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Primary Palliative Care in Heart Failure: A Pilot Trial

NCT03170466 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2020-09-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) typically experience significant burdens that negatively impact their quality of life. Although palliative care has been shown to improve patient outcomes in other serious illnesses, insufficient data exist to support its use in HF. Furthermore, the demand for palliative care in serious illness outstrips the available supply of certified palliative care clinicians. This pilot trial will assess the feasibility and acceptability of training cardiology nurses in basic palliative care skills and their ability to deliver this care alongside usual HF management.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Primary Palliative Care

The intervention will span 4 domains: symptom management (e.g., dyspnea), psychosocial support (e.g., anxiety), advance care planning (e.g., understanding prognosis and electing a proxy) and care coordination (e.g., communication across providers).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dio Kavalieratos, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-23
Primary Completion
2020-05-28
Completion
2020-08-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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