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ISRCTN03330837
Completed
Not Applicable

How can we best provide palliative care in advanced dementia? Phase II development of an intervention: phase IIa pilot study

niversity College London (UK)0 sites40 target enrollmentMarch 25, 2008
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ConditionsAdvanced neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body and vascular or mixed dementiaNervous System DiseasesAdvanced neurodegenerative dementia

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Advanced neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body and vascular or mixed dementia
Sponsor
niversity College London (UK)
Enrollment
40
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 25, 2008
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity College London (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •We will recruit patients who have a high six\-month mortality risk:
  • •1\. Unplanned emergency admission to general hospital ward with treatable acute medical illness
  • •2\. Over 70 years of age, either sex
  • •3\. Diagnosis of advanced primary degenerative dementia:
  • •3\.1\. Functional assessment staging (FAST) stage 6e or worse
  • •3\.2\. Doubly incontinent and needing assistance with all activities of daily living

Exclusion Criteria

  • •1\. Imminently dying (prognosis less than 48 hours)
  • •2\. Patients without a clearly identified non\-statutory carer

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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