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Can bringing palliative care home ease suffering?

NCT ID NCT03128060

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of Southern California Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether providing palliative care at home, through a team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, could improve symptoms and quality of life for people with advanced cancer, heart failure, or COPD. The plan was to enroll over 1,100 patients, but the trial was stopped early with only 35 participants. The goal was to see if this home-based model could reduce pain, anxiety, and depression.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
home-based palliative care
What this could lead to
If successful, this approach could show that bringing palliative care into the home improves symptom control and emotional well-being for seriously ill patients.
What could go wrong
The trial was terminated early with only 35 participants, so results are limited. It may not provide clear evidence of benefit.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

35 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Aug 2017

Finished

Mar 2019

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. 18 years of age or older; 2. diagnosis of HF, COPD, or advanced cancer; 3. one or more hospitalizations or ED visits in the previous year; 4. an Australia-Modified Karnofsky Performance Scale score of 70% or less; and 5. English- or Spanish-speaking. Exclusion Criteria: 1. is receiving hospice care; 2. has end-stage renal disease; and/or 3. lives in a nursing home.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer chronic obstructive pulmonary disease congestive heart failure heart failure neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Cancer Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Congestive heart failure

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • USC Davis School of Gerontology

    Los Angeles, California, 90089, United States

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