Status:
RECRUITING
Enhancing Palliative Care in ICU
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Collaborating Sponsors:
European Commission
Conditions:
Palliative Care
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to reduce the suffering in intensive care through palliative care consultations.
Detailed Description
This project investigates the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of palliative care consultations in the Intensive care unit. Charité will implement the Working Package 2 "Europe-wide harmonized and...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients:
- Patients in ICU who can give consent and those who can not (via their authorized representative or legal guardian, also possible with delayed consent)
- From 18 years
- The leading cause of critical illness is not cancer
- New admission on the participating ICU \> 72h
- Assessment of the need for palliative care by the in-charge physi-cian of the ICU, because (1) there is a significant disagreement about ICU treatment or (2) because the physician considers ther-apy limitations for the patient or (3) the physician considers a benefit from specialized PC consultation for ICU physician, nurse, or patient or family.
Exclusion
- \- Patient is moribund and is expected to die within the next 24h
- Study cohort relatives:
- Inclusion criteria:
- \- At least one relative(s) of a patient. This may or may not be the legal representative, depending on national legislation.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Refusal by the relative
- Refusal of the patient to participate in the intervention study
- \<18 years of age
- Cohort of employees:
- Inclusion criteria
- Employed on the ITS as a doctor/nurse
- Employed in the clinical center as a member of the palliative care consultation service
- Exclusion criterion Refusal to participate
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 10 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
2040 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06605079
Start Date
October 10 2024
End Date
August 1 2027
Last Update
September 30 2025
Active Locations (31)
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1
ICU General Resuscitation (RES UP), General University hospital
Prague, Czechia
2
ICU General Resuscitation (RES2)
Prague, Czechia
3
ICU Metabolic, General University hospital
Prague, Czechia
4
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (CCM/CVK),Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Mitte, State of Berlin, Germany