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Does Outpatient Palliative Care Improve Patient-centered Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease?

22. januar 2020 opdateret af: University of Colorado, Denver
The purpose of this study is to improve outcomes for persons living with Parkinson's Disease (PD) and their family caregivers. The investigators hypothesize that outpatient interdisciplinary palliative care will improve patient-centered outcomes for PD patients at high-risk for poor outcomes.

Studieoversigt

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Palliative care is an approach to caring for individuals with life-threatening illnesses that addresses potential causes of suffering including physical symptoms such as pain, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, psychosocial issues and spiritual needs. Palliative care approaches have been successfully applied to improve patient-centered outcomes in cancer as well as several chronic progressive illnesses including heart failure and pulmonary disease. To date there have been minimal attempts to apply these principles to PD although preliminary evidence suggests that PD patients have significant unmet needs under current models of care which may be amenable through a palliative care model. This study will provide critical information to forward this field including data on the comparative effectiveness of outpatient palliative care for PD versus current standards of care; effects of this intervention on cost and service utilization; and the characteristics of patients most likely to benefit from such an approach and the specific services most needed by PD patients and their caregivers.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

210

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

Dette afsnit indeholder kontaktoplysninger for dem, der udfører undersøgelsen, og oplysninger om, hvor denne undersøgelse udføres.

Studiesteder

    • Alberta
      • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E1
        • University of Alberta Canada
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, Forenede Stater, 94143
        • University of California, San Francisco
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, Forenede Stater, 80045
        • University of Colorado Hospital

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

40 år og ældre (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Fluent in English
  • UK Brain Bank criteria for diagnosis of probable PD or Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA) or Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD) or Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) or Lewy Body Dementia (LBD)
  • At high risk for poor outcomes as identified by the Palliative Care Needs Assessment Tool (PC-NAT)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Immediate and urgent palliative care needs
  • Unable or unwilling to commit to study procedures including;

    1. randomization,
    2. study visits or
    3. the addition of a neurologist to their care team
  • Presence of additional chronic medical illnesses which may require palliative services
  • Already receiving palliative care and/or hospice services.

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Andet: Standard of Care
Usual care as in including both a Primary Care Physician (PCP) and neurologist.
Usual care defined as including both a PCP and neurologist
Aktiv komparator: Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care
Usual care augmented by an outpatient interdisciplinary palliative care team.
Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care is an approach to caring for individuals with life-threatening illnesses that addresses potential causes of suffering including physical symptoms such as pain, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, psychosocial issues and spiritual needs. Palliative care approaches have been successfully applied to improve patient-centered outcomes in cancer as well as several chronic progressive illnesses including heart failure and pulmonary disease.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Changes in the Subjects Quality of Life (QOL)
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The QOL-AD (Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease) survey will be used to measure the differences in the quality of life between groups.Higher numbers indicate better outcomes. The scale ranges from 4 to 52.
0 to 6 months
Changes in Caregiver Distress
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview Form (ZBI) will be used to measure differences in Caregiver Distress between groups. Higher scores indicate worse outcomes. Scale ranges from 0 to 48.
0 to 6 months

Sekundære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Changes in Patient Anxiety
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will be used to quantify changes in patient anxiety. Higher numbers indicate worse outcomes. Scale ranges from 0 to 21.
0 to 6 months
Changes in Patient Depression
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will be used to quantify changes in patient depression. Higher numbers indicate worse outcomes. Scale ranges from 0 to 21.
0 to 6 months
Changes in Caregiver Anxiety
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will be used to quantify changes in caregiver anxiety. Higher numbers indicate worse outcomes. Scale ranges from 0 to 21.
0 to 6 months
Changes in Caregiver Depression
Tidsramme: 0 to 6 months
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will be used to quantify changes in caregiver depression. Higher numbers indicate worse outcomes. Scale ranges from 0 to 21.
0 to 6 months

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Benzi Kluger, University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus

Publikationer og nyttige links

Den person, der er ansvarlig for at indtaste oplysninger om undersøgelsen, leverer frivilligt disse publikationer. Disse kan handle om alt relateret til undersøgelsen.

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. oktober 2015

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

20. september 2018

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

30. september 2019

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

20. august 2015

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

26. august 2015

Først opslået (Skøn)

27. august 2015

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

31. januar 2020

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

22. januar 2020

Sidst verificeret

1. januar 2019

Mere information

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