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
- Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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