Status:

TERMINATED

"Death Rattle" - A Double Blind, Randomly Controlled, Crossover Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Soroka University Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Conditions:

Noise

Death

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Dying patients are often unable to clear secretions from their large airways, resulting in noisy breathing usually described as "death rattle." While there is no evidence that patients find this condi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • : Patients belonging to Home Palliative Care Unit of Clalit Health Services - Southern District, and the Oncology Department of Soroka University Medical Center and suffering from "death rattle" will be recruited for the study.

Exclusion

  • \-

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

2 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00320892

Start Date

January 1 2007

End Date

June 1 2012

Last Update

July 4 2012

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sial Research Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care

Beersheba, Israel, 653