Study tests if liver doctors can provide comfort care as well as specialists

NCT ID NCT03540771

Summary

This study tested two different ways to provide palliative care (comfort care) to patients with very advanced liver disease. It compared care from a dedicated palliative care specialist to care from a liver doctor who received special training. The main goal was to see which approach better improved patients' quality of life over three months.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Albert Einstein Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19141, United States

  • Banner Health- University Medical Center

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Durham V.A. Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Indiana University

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Kansas City VA Medical Center

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64128, United States

  • Loma Linda Unversity Health

    Loma Linda, California, 92354, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Miami VA Medical Center

    Miami, Florida, 33125, United States

  • UCSF Fresno

    Fresno, California, 93701, United States

  • UNC Liver Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States

  • University of Michigan Medical Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • VA Boston

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02130, United States

  • VA Bronx

    The Bronx, New York, 10468, United States

  • VA New York Harbor

    Brooklyn, New York, 11209, United States

  • VA West Haven

    West Haven, Connecticut, 06516, United States

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