LiverPAL: A Pilot Study of Inpatient Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Liver Disease

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

25

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 14, 2022

Primary Completion Date

August 16, 2022

Study Completion Date

August 16, 2022

Conditions
Cirrhosis, Liver
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

LiverPal Intervention

"Inpatient longitudinal palliative care intervention~\- Patients will complete baseline assessments and will be followed by the palliative care clinicians delivering the LiverPal intervention during each of their hospitalizations over a 3 month period~LiverPal intervention domains include the following:~* Therapeutic relationship~* Symptom management~* Coping with illness~* Prognostic awareness and illness understanding~* Treatment decision-making~* End-of-life care"

Trial Locations (1)

02114

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases

OTHER

lead

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER