Advance Care Planning Individualised Approach and Research Projec (AIR)

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Severe COPD

Treatments: Other: palliative care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03915743

AIR

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will investigate the effect of a palliative approach in the out-patient management of patients with COPD.

Full description

Randomised control trial. A total of 90 patients will be randomise 1:1 to either palliative intervention or standard care.

The intervention group will receive follow up in a newly established outpatient clinic for COPD in the specialized palliative united and the control group will receive standard follow up in the respiratory out-patient clinic.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Diagnosis of COPD by spirometry

  • Patients followed in Herlev and Gentofte hospitals' respiratory out-patient-clinics or admitted to Herlev or Gentofte hospital for acute exacerbation
  • 2 or more admissions for acute exacerbation of COPD within the last 12 months
  • CAT > 20
  • Cognitive and linguistic able to understand and give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• • Expected remaining life time less than 6 months due to other disease than COPD e.g. active cancer

  • Participating in other studies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 2 patient groups

Palliative care

Experimental group

Description:

Specialized palliative care arm in a newly formed COPD outpatient clinic

Treatment:

Other: palliative care

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care in a standard pulmonary out-patient clinic. Treatment as described in national standards.