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Palliative Care of Children With End-Stage Heart Failure

Sponsor
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Other)
Overall Status
Terminated
CT.gov ID
NCT00327782
Collaborator
(none)
1
Location
135
Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Palliative care in pediatric oncology and neurology is well described in the literature. There is a lack of information on the care of children terminally ill due to heart failure. A significant number of children are diagnosed with terminal heart failure for which palliative care is required.

Objective:

To describe palliative care of children over one year of age with end-stage heart failure, including need for and types of pain control, hospice use, need for and use of home nursing and quality of life issues.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Detailed Description

    Methods:

    Retrospective chart review of all children over one year of age diagnosed with end-stage heart failure between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2005 at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Egleston Hospital, followed by Sibley Heart Center Cardiology.

    Patient variables taken from the medical charts will include:

    Diagnosis Age, gender Medications Prior surgery or transplantation Associated conditions such as muscular dystrophy, renal failure

    Practice variables taken from the medical charts will include:

    Hospice care provided Home inotropic infusions Medications administered for pain Social work/psychology evaluation DNR status

    Statistics:

    Number of patients receiving home nursing, involved in hospice, treated with pain medications, home oxygen or home inotropes.

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Observational Model:
    Defined Population
    Time Perspective:
    Retrospective
    Official Title:
    Palliative Care of Children With End-Stage Heart Failure
    Study Start Date :
    Jan 1, 1995
    Study Completion Date :
    Apr 1, 2006

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

      Eligibility Criteria

      Criteria

      Ages Eligible for Study:
      1 Year to 18 Years
      Sexes Eligible for Study:
      All
      Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
      No
      Inclusion Criteria:
      • Any patient between 1 - 18 years of age (inclusive) Any patient with end stage heart disease Treated at Egleston Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Followed by Sibley Heart Center Cardiology
      Exclusion Criteria:
      • Those who do not meet inclusion criteria

      Contacts and Locations

      Locations

      Site City State Country Postal Code
      1 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta Georgia United States 30322

      Sponsors and Collaborators

      • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

      Investigators

      • Principal Investigator: William T Mahle, MD, Emory University SOM, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

      Study Documents (Full-Text)

      None provided.

      More Information

      Publications

      None provided.
      Responsible Party:
      , ,
      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
      NCT00327782
      Other Study ID Numbers:
      • 06-114
      First Posted:
      May 19, 2006
      Last Update Posted:
      May 4, 2007
      Last Verified:
      May 1, 2007
      Keywords provided by , ,
      pediatric
      palliative care
      end stage heart failure
      Additional relevant MeSH terms:
      Heart Failure

      Study Results

      No Results Posted as of May 4, 2007