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Palliative Care Consultation for Palliative Care

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Led By Joan Carpenter, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 30 days post-admission

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study whether palliative care consultations can improve quality of life for Medicare patients in skilled nursing facilities.

Eligible Conditions

Palliative Care
Advance Care Planning
Skilled Nursing Facilities

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 30 days post-admission

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~30 days post-admission

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 30 days post-admission for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Patient/Caregiver Quality of Life

Secondary outcome measures

Adherence to SNF-PCC recommendations

Consult Satisfaction

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Palliative Care ConsultExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will receive the standard Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility care plus a Palliative Care Consultation with a trained provider.

Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will receive the standard Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility care.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of PennsylvaniaLead Sponsor

2,005 Previous Clinical Trials

42,882,238 Total Patients Enrolled

3 Trials studying Palliative Care

17,230 Patients Enrolled for Palliative Care

University of Maryland, BaltimoreLead Sponsor

688 Previous Clinical Trials

374,611 Total Patients Enrolled

2 Trials studying Palliative Care

23 Patients Enrolled for Palliative Care

Joan Carpenter, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUMSON

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is the clinical trial open to new enrollees at this time?

"Data from clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this medical research is no longer recruiting participants, having first gone live on October 1st 2019 and last updated November 28th 2022. Notwithstanding this development, 59 other trials are actively searching for possible candidates at present."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationJournal

A Need for More Palliative Focused Care: A Survey of Colorado Skilled Care Facilities

Retrum, Jessica H., Wendolyn S. Gozansky, Dana G. Lahoff, Erin L. Rosenberg, Laurel Eskra Tropeano, Bree Addison Owens, and Stacy M. Fischer. 2015. “A Need for More Palliative Focused Care: A Survey of Colorado Skilled Care Facilities”. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.05.011.

Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyJournal

Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

Givens, Jane L., Susan L. Mitchell, Sylvia Kuo, Pedro Gozalo, Vince Mor, and Joan Teno. 2013. “Skilled Nursing Facility Admissions of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia”. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Wiley. doi:10.1111/jgs.12476.

Journal of Pain and Symptom ManagementJournal

Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes and End-of-life Hospitalizations

Miller, Susan C., Roshani Dahal, Julie C. Lima, Orna Intrator, Edward Martin, Janet Bull, and Laura C. Hanson. 2016. “Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes and End-of-life Hospitalizations”. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.017.

Journal of Palliative MedicineJournal