NCT04642677

REcommened Communication With Sympathy in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Treated With Palliative Sedation

Randomized phasE II Study for Efficacy of healThcare prOvider's REcommened Communication With Sympathy in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Treated With Palliative Sedation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

* In terminally ill cancer patients, palliative sedation has been applied to intractable refractory symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, delirium, agitation. * Palliative sedation is generally an adaptive strategies using midazolam, which is composed of intermittent bolus, limited continuous, or 24hr continuous infusion depending on the time of drug application. * In the application of palliative sedation, caregiver's negative feelings such as anxiety or guilt for palliative sufficiency are one of the biggest challenges as the patient's consciousness is reduced, and they feels disconnected from the patient. * In general, hearing is known to persist until the very last moment of the end of life, regardless of consciousness. In addition, maintaining communication with patients and caregivers is the most important part of the hospice. * This study evaluate the efficacy of healthcare provider's recommended communication with sympathy, "Regardless of the patient's outward consciousness, talk with the patient and express empathy. Hearing will be maintained until the end."

Conditions

• Communication, Palliative Sedation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	healthcare provider's recommended communication with sympathy and printed paper	Patients and caregivers were received healthcare provider's recommended communication with sympathy and printed paper, "Regardless of the patient's outward consciousness, talk with the patient and express empathy. Hearing will be maintained until the end." three times a day (8, 14 and 20 o'clock) during palliative sedation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-30
• Completion: 2022-11-30
• First posted: 2020-11-24
• Last updated: 2021-11-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea