| Protocol ID | NCT01589601 |
| Registration Date | 2012-05-02 |
| Status | completed |
| Sponsor | Duke University |
| Country | United States |
| Industry | not industry |
| Blinding | unblinded |
| Center Type | singel-center RCT |
| Scope | national RCT |
| First Patient In | 2012-08-01 |
| Last Patient Out | 2016-02-01 |
| Publication | y |
| Gender % | ALL |
| Mean Age | 19 Years - |
NCT01589601
Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF)
| Field |
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 6296ms / 11858 tok |
OPENAI
gpt-4o 3459ms / 10206 tok |
GLM
glm-5.1 6745ms / 10381 tok |
Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rct_type | parallel RCT | parallel RCT | parallel RCT | OK |
| cancer_status | non-cancer | non-cancer | non-cancer | OK |
| non_cancer_spec | cardiac | cardiac | cardiac | OK |
| setting_patient |
outpatient
outpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: outpatient
Requery: outpatient — The study explicitly states that the intervention takes place after hospital discharge with outpatient follow-up visits to cardiologists and nurse practitioners.
|
outpatient
mixed → outpatient
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: mixed
Requery: outpatient — The intervention is delivered after discharge during outpatient follow-up appointments with a heart failure cardiologist or nurse practitioner focusing on outpatient care.
|
mixed | – |
| setting_place |
other
other → other
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: other
Requery: other — The study takes place in outpatient follow-up with heart failure cardiologist or nurse practitioner after hospital discharge, indicating outpatient clinic setting rather than inpatient hospital care.
|
other
hospital → other
shaky reasoning✓ Unanimous
Initial: hospital
Requery: other — The trial delivers outpatient follow-up care and palliative interventions, which occur after patients are discharged from the hospital and do not require inpatient admission, fitting the 'other' classification.
|
hospital | – |
| feasibility | fully powered RCT | fully powered RCT | fully powered RCT | OK |
| intervention_pharmacologic | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_chemo_immuno_radio | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_complementary | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_device | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_psychological | yes | yes | no | – |
| intervention_complex | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| intervention_acp | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| intervention_music | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_screening | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_palliative | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| intervention_education | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_digital | no | no | no | OK |
| intervention_other | no | no | no | OK |
| outcome_symptom | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| outcome_qol | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| outcome_dignity | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| outcome_cost | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| outcome_other | yes | yes | yes | OK |
| pharmacologic_sub | N/A | N/A | N/A | OK |