Primary Palliative Care in Heart Failure: A Pilot Trial

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

Patients with advanced heart failure (HF) typically experience significant burdens that negatively impact their quality of life. Although palliative care has been shown to improve patient outcomes in other serious illnesses, insufficient data exist to support its use in HF. Furthermore, the demand for palliative care in serious illness outstrips the available supply of certified palliative care clinicians. This pilot trial will assess the feasibility and acceptability of training cardiology nurses in basic palliative care skills and their ability to deliver this care alongside usual HF management.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03170466

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

30

Starts

2017-10-23

Expected to finish

2020-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-03

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• New York Heart Association Class III or IV Heart Failure
• 2 or more hospitalizations in the past year due to Heart Failure

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 40 years old
• Currently awaiting a transplant
• Received outpatient palliative care within the past 12 months
• Pregnant or intends to be within the next 12 months
• No regular phone access
• Not fluent in English
• Failed the Callahan 6-item Screener
• Does not intent to regularly attend clinic for the next 12 months

Where it is running

• UPMC Heart Vascular Institute — White Oak, Pennsylvania, United States

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