Enhancing Palliative Care in ICU

Summary

The aim of this study is to reduce the suffering in intensive care through palliative care consultations.

Conditions

• Palliative Care

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Complex intervention

A complex intervention is carried out in the intensive care unit. This includes: * telemedical consultations by specialized palliative care experts from external institutions for the respective hospital staff * the training of hospital staff in the intensive care unit in basic palliative care and * the use of checklists for the early identification of eligible patients and the structured recording of palliative care needs. The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the complex intervention will be investigated using a controlled clinical trial in a cluster-randomized controlled design. In addition, as part of the multicenter clinical study in WP 2 staff, patients and relatives will also be surveyed.

OTHER

Routine treatment

No complex intervention is established, just routine procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• European Commission

  collaborator OTHER

• Charite University, Berlin, Germany

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Claudia Spies, MD, Prof. · Charité-University Medicine (Berlin, Germany)

• Martin Neukirchen, MD · Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany

• Jochen Dutzmann, MD · University Medicine Halle, Germany

• Spyros Mentzelopoulos, MD, Prof. · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

• Katerina Rusinova, MD · Charles University in Prague, Italy

• Akiva Nachshon, MD · Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

• Edoardo de Robertis, MD, Prof. · University Of Perugia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-10-10

Primary Completion

2027-05-31

Completion

2027-08-31

Countries

• Czechia
• Germany
• Greece
• Israel
• Italy

Study Locations