User Testing of an End of Life Medication Support Intervention for Lay Carers (Palliate).

Imperial College London

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Support, Family; End of Life

Treatments: Other: V1 + Preparation Sheet; Other: Paper Package; Other: V2 + Video Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06526637

OFIL-20-279

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the acceptability, safety and efficiency of the Palliate intervention.

The Palliate intervention is a nurse-led process that includes training and documentation materials to support lay carers in administering top up medications to loved ones at the end of life at home. The Palliate intervention was designed based on the CARiAD* intervention using user testing and has been successfully piloted and rolled out in Central and North West London National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust.

*CARer-ADministration of as-needed sub-cutaneous medication for breakthrough symptoms in homebased dying patients.

Enrollment: 21 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals aged 18 years or older and able to communicate in English.

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals aged less than 18 years old and/or unable to communicate in English.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 3 patient groups

Version 1 of Palliate

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be randomised to receive this version of Palliate training and materials.

Treatment:

Other: Paper Package

Version 2 of Palliate

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be randomised to receive this version of Palliate training and materials.

Treatment:

Other: V1 + Preparation Sheet

Version 3 of Palliate

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be randomised to receive this version of Palliate training and materials.

Treatment:

Other: V2 + Video Training