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Small wishes, big comfort: new program brings dignity to End-of-Life care

NCT ID NCT06277310

Symptom relief Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study brings the 3 Wishes Project to safety-net hospitals, where resources are limited and patients are often from disadvantaged backgrounds. The program asks dying patients and their families for small, meaningful wishes—like a favorite song or a visit from a pet—and works to fulfill them. Researchers will survey 900 families and nurses to see if this improves emotional support and reduces stress for everyone involved.

What this could mean

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Active substance
3 Wishes Project (a palliative care program where clinicians fulfill small final wishes for dying patients)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could make end-of-life care more compassionate and supportive for diverse, disadvantaged patients and their families in safety-net hospitals.
What could go wrong
This is an implementation study without a control group, so results may not prove the program works better than usual care. It also relies on surveys, which may not capture all experiences.

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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

About 900 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2024

Expected to finish

Aug 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

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: * For participation in the 3WP, if there was a decision to withdraw life support or the health care team agreed that the patient's probability of dying in the hospital or on discharge to hospice was \>95% For surveys, next of kin/surrogate of a patient who died in the ICU during the study period For surveys, speaks English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: * \<18 years old * does not speak english or spanish

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Death

As listed by the trial registrant

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

End of life

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Harbor-UCLA

    Torrance, California, 90502, United States

  • LA General Hospital

    Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

  • Olive View Medical Center

    Sylmar, California, 91342, United States

  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States

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