Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect and cost of technology-enhanced transitional palliative care on family caregivers who provide care to a loved one at home after a hospitalization.

The purpose of this pilot study is to develop and test a technology-enhanced transitional palliative care (TPC) intervention for patients and caregivers living in rural locations. The investigators hypothesize that access to palliative care will be improved, thereby improving patient and caregiver reported outcomes and decreasing the use of costly health services.

The study hypotheses is that the proportion of patients experiencing clinically significant pain relief will be at least 30% greater than the proportion experiencing worsening pain.

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness and implementation of the Control Tower palliative care algorithm into hospital practice.

The purpose of  this study is to determine the usefulness of palliative care consultations by a specialty physician and a pulmonologist for patients who have advanced lung disease.

The purpose of this study is to provide safe virtual reality experiences for patients on hospice or palliative care and measure the impact of these experiences on them.

To conduct a preliminary test of the clinimetrics (validity, reliability, and clinical usefulness) of the PC 7, a new, quantified model for assessing the spiritual concerns of patients receiving palliative care (PC).

A secondary, exploratory aim is to use the PC 7 to describe trajectories of spiritual concern among patients receiving PC.

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, and the strengths and weaknesses of using an innovative chaplain-led spiritual interview with participants who have progressive neurologic conditions, end stage renal disease, and other advanced diseases with the purpose of creating a Spiritual Legacy Document (SLD) for them; to identify spiritual themes expressed in the interviews; to describe the spiritual well-being, spiritual coping strategies, and QOL of the primary participants and their designated support persons with validated questionnaires at enrollment and after two weeks after being interviewed and two weeks after receiving their SLD; to describe the investigators’ growth in understanding the spirituality of ...

The purpose of this study is to assess the use and performance of a genome sequencing test to identify multifocal lung cancer tumors, which can be treated with surgery or radiation, and advanced stage metastatic lung cancer, which has the option of palliative or supportive care.

This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and their families.

The following research questions will guide this study: 1) Is ART feasible and acceptable for use with distressed patients and/or family caregivers in oncology and palliative care clinical settings? 2) What is the mean dose of ART provided to distressed patients and/or family caregivers? 3) What are the patient and family stressors that result in a recommendation for ART? 4) Does ART reduce symptoms of psychological trauma, anxiety and depression, when used with distressed patients and family caregivers in oncology and palliative care clinical settings? 5) Does ART improve resilience when used with distressed ...

The purpose of this study is to determine if it is feasible to recruit for and deliver the Virtual Dignity Therapy intervention to palliative care patients with advanced cancer and whether the intervention is beneficial in terms of improvement in distress, patient dignity, and quality of life.

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the use of a wearable health monitor (Health Tag) for measuring stress among family caregivers (FCGs) of palliative care patients.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of palliative care consultations on quality of life and advance care planning in end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis, evaluate hemodialysis patients’ and caregivers’ satisfaction with palliative care consultations, and to compare quality of life and advance directive completion in dialysis patients who have and have not received palliative care consultations.

This randomized phase III trial studies how well early palliative care integrated with standard care works compared with standard care alone in improving the quality of life of patients and their family caregivers. Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with advanced diseases and their family members by providing support for relief of physical symptoms, emotional and psychological support, and counseling. Patients who receive palliative care along with their regular care at an earlier time in their disease may experience fewer emotional and physical issues from their cancer. This may also improve the quality of life ...

The goal of this study is to examine the current and (potential) future therapeutic relevance of PGx testing for a group of patients in order to improve patient clinical care at Mayo Clinic with more effective and efficient prescribing of medications

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether primary palliative care is an alternative strategy to specialty palliative care for improving quality of life, symptoms, mood, coping, and end of life outcomes in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of endoscopic cryoablation for lessening the effects of dysphagia on the quality of life (QOL) of patients with unresectable esophageal or gastroesophageal junctional cancer.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate clinical performance and safety of the fully covered (FC) HANAROSTENT® Biliary Flap Lasso Stent System with anti-migration flaps for the palliative treatment of malignant biliary obstruction.

Piloting the BeWell360-CG model, in conjunction with usual care delivery for lung cancer patients in Palliative Care, will longitudinally improve the wellbeing and quality of life of care givers within and outside of clinical care settings, in such a way as to positively impact the quality of care of patients themselves. We hypothesize that PC staff trained in the BeWell360-CG will be able to identify the most common CG-centric needs and guide CGs to improve their QoL and personal wellbeing. In doing so, we further hypothesize that there will be an improvement in patient-reported and quality of care ...