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FamPALcare for Heart Failure

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, PhD, RN

Research Sponsored by West Virginia University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up completed at 6 months

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether a program of 5 educational and supportive sessions will improve end-of-life and palliative care for rural patients with advanced heart failure.

Eligible Conditions

Heart Failure

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ completed at 6 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~completed at 6 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and completed at 6 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary outcome measures

Caregiver burden

Caregiver mental health - depression & anxiety

Caregiver quality of life - physical and mental health

+5 more

Secondary outcome measures

Evaluate healthcare utilizations

Evaluate intervention helpfulness (healthcare professionals)

Evaluate intervention helpfulness (patients and caregivers)

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: FamPALcareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Standard Care plus FamPALcare

Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention

The standard care group will receive routine HF care and instruction at university hospital or at clinic appointments. All patients can be referred for supportive care and heart failure care per national HF guidelines.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

FamPALcare

2020

N/A

~80

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)NIH

579 Previous Clinical Trials

10,376,304 Total Patients Enrolled

34 Trials studying Heart Failure

12,536 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

West Virginia UniversityLead Sponsor

175 Previous Clinical Trials

56,228 Total Patients Enrolled

2 Trials studying Heart Failure

513 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, PhD, RNPrincipal Investigator - West Virginia University, School of Nursing

West Virginia University

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there any recruitment opportunities for this clinical experiment?

"Clinicaltrials.gov attests that this clinical experiment is still open to participants, having been introduced on the 13th of January 2020 and updated as recently as October 7th 2022."

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How many participants have enrolled in this clinical research?

"Affirmative, according to clinicaltrials.gov this health investigation is presently seeking out participants. It was first published on January 13th 2020 and last updated October 7th 2022 with the aim of securing 72 individuals from a single location."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Family Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Advanced Heart Failure

Ubolrat Piamjariyakul 2020. "Family Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Advanced Heart Failure". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04153890.