LiverPAL: A Trial of Inpatient Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Liver Disease Chronic, End Stage Liver DIsease, Cirrhosis, Cirrhosis, Liver, Advanced Cirrhosis
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate whether early integration of palliative care in the care of hospitalized patients with advanced liver disease (AdvLD) can improve patients' quality of life, physical symptoms, mood, and serious illness communication. Palliative care is a medical specialty focused on lessening (or "palliating") symptoms and assisting in coping with serious illness.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05998330
- Run by
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2023-09-20
- Expected to finish
- 2027-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-07-17
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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