Nurse Practitioner Hospice Program for Patients With Terminal Metastatic Cancer and Their Families or Caregivers

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

In brief

RATIONALE: Gathering information about patients with terminal metastatic cancer may help doctors learn more about the effectiveness of a nurse practitioner hospice program. It is not yet known whether a nurse practitioner program helps increase patients' length of stay in hospice. PURPOSE: This randomized research study is evaluating a nurse practitioner hospice program for patients with terminal metastatic cancer and their families or caregivers.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00896792
Run by
Mayo Clinic
People needed
26
Starts
2008-10-10
Expected to finish
2015-03-17
Last updated by the study team
2018-10-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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