Bringing comfort home: palliative care study aims to ease suffering
NCT ID NCT03128060
First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated Jun 04, 2026 · Updated 24 times
Summary
This study tested whether providing palliative care at home, through primary care clinics, helps seriously ill patients with cancer, heart failure, or COPD feel better. Researchers planned to enroll over 1,100 patients and their caregivers, but the study was stopped early. The goal was to reduce symptoms like pain and anxiety and improve quality of life.
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USC Davis School of Gerontology
Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States
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