Palliative care support for advanced liver disease patients
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This study tests whether adding palliative care (extra support for symptoms and planning) during a hospital stay helps people with advanced liver disease and their caregivers feel better and plan ahead.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have a diagnosis of advanced liver disease with cirrhosis.
- In the last 6 months, you've had fluid buildup in the belly, a serious belly infection, fluid in the chest, bleeding from the stomach or throat veins, or confusion from liver disease that required medicine.
- You can understand and speak English well enough to talk with the study team.
- You have not had a liver transplant before.
- You are not currently receiving hospice care.
- You do not have active cancer (except certain skin cancers) or liver cancer that is too advanced.
- If you are a caregiver, you are 18 or older and the patient sees you as a main helper during hospital visits or by phone.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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