NCT04950608

Pilot Study of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Demoralization in Patients Receiving Hospice Care - PATH Study

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT04950608
Registration Date2021-07-06
Statuscompleted
SponsorYvan Beaussant, MD, MSci
CountryUnited States
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2022-03-09
Last Patient Out2025-12-31
Publicationy
Gender %ALL
Mean Age21 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
8400ms / 11458 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
7129ms / 13074 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
6261ms / 11280 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status Cancer Cancer Cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: outpatient
outpatient outpatient → outpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: outpatient Requery: outpatient — Participants are hospice patients receiving care at home, which is an outpatient setting, and the exclusion criteria specifically excludes patients with 'Current General Inpatient (GIP) hospice status.' Thinking: outpatient — Patients must be enrolled in hospice care at home, with inpatient hospice status explicitly excluded as a criterion.
outpatient inpatient → inpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: inpatient Requery: inpatient — The intervention is delivered to patients receiving hospice care, which involves an inpatient setting as these patients are typically admitted to a hospice unit for end-of-life care. Thinking: outpatient — Participants are home hospice patients (inclusion requires hospice care at home and excludes inpatient hospice), so the intervention is delivered in an outpatient/home setting.
OK
setting_place hospice home care
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: home care
hospice home care → hospice
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: home care Requery: hospice — The study specifically targets patients enrolled in hospice care and delivers the psilocybin-assisted therapy intervention in the hospice care setting.
hospice hospice → hospice
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospice Requery: hospice — The intervention is specifically designed for and delivered to patients enrolled in hospice care at home, focusing on terminally ill patients receiving hospice services.
OK
feasibility feasibility RCT feasibility RCT feasibility RCT OK
intervention_pharmacologic yes yes yes 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 yes OK
intervention_complex yes yes yes OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The study tests psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy as the intervention in hospice patients, making palliative care the setting rather than the intervention itself.
no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This study tests psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy as the intervention in hospice patients, where hospice care is the setting but not the experimental intervention being evaluated.
no no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: no — The trial focuses on psilocybin-assisted therapy, not palliative care as an intervention.
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 no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub not yet FDA/EMA approved not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: not yet FDA/EMA approved Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — The detailed description explicitly states that psilocybin is an investigational drug that has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for any disease.
not yet FDA/EMA approved controlled substances → controlled substances → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: controlled substances Requery: controlled substances — Psilocybin is a controlled substance classified as a Schedule I drug by the DEA, and this study involves its administration in a clinical trial setting. Thinking: not yet FDA/EMA approved — The study explicitly states psilocybin is an 'Investigational' drug that has not been approved by the FDA as a treatment for any disease.
not yet FDA/EMA approved controlled substances → not yet FDA/EMA approved → not yet FDA/EMA approved
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: controlled substances Requery: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Psilocybin is classified as an investigational drug, not yet approved by the FDA for the intended use in this study. Thinking: not yet FDA/EMA approved — Psilocybin is an investigational psychedelic drug that has not received FDA or EMA marketing approval for any indication.
OK
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