End-Of-Life Decision Making and Preparedness Planning Among Heart Failure Patients Hospitalized for Advanced Disease

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

Heart failure is a chronic and frequently terminal illness associated with poor quality of life and high burden of morbidity, re-hospitalization, and cost. Accordingly, recent guideline updates have highlighted the need for improved focus on end-of-life and palliative care of advanced heart failure patients, in whom symptom burden can be high and treatment options are often limited. The aims of this study are to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a semi-structured, outpatient, nurse practitioner-led, educational supportive care intervention concerning multiple domains of end-of-life care not often included in regular, outpatient clinic visits.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02398617

Run by

Saint Luke's Health System

People needed

0

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-10-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• advanced heart failure
• ineligible for advanced therapies
• 50% risk of death or continued poor heart failure-related health status at 6 months from hospital discharge, based on validated risk score

You may not qualify if…

• Hospice enrollment
• Previous heart transplant or left ventricular assist device placement

Where it is running

• Saint Luke's Hospital — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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