210
Participants
Start Date
October 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
September 20, 2018
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2019
Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care
Interdisciplinary outpatient palliative care is an approach to caring for individuals with life-threatening illnesses that addresses potential causes of suffering including physical symptoms such as pain, psychiatric symptoms such as depression, psychosocial issues and spiritual needs. Palliative care approaches have been successfully applied to improve patient-centered outcomes in cancer as well as several chronic progressive illnesses including heart failure and pulmonary disease.
Standard of Care
Usual care defined as including both a PCP and neurologist
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
University of Alberta Canada, Edmonton
University of California, San Francisco
OTHER
University of Alberta
OTHER
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER