Palliative care for advanced heart failure or cancer
Part of Cancer, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests whether special supportive care (called tiered palliative care) can help people with advanced heart failure or certain advanced cancers feel better and have fewer hospital visits. If you live in Manhattan or Queens, speak English or Spanish, and meet the other requirements, you may be able to join.
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Who can take part
- You have advanced heart failure with at least 2 heart-related hospital stays in the past year, or you have advanced lung, pancreatic, stomach, liver, bile duct, small bowel, esophageal, or triple negative breast cancer with at least 1 hospital stay in the past 6 months
- You are able to walk and care for yourself most of the time (Karnofsky score 50% or higher)
- You have been to Mount Sinai outpatient clinics at least 2 times in the past year
- You live in Manhattan or Queens, New York
- You are 18 years or older
- You can speak English or Spanish, and you are able to understand the study and give permission
- You do not have both advanced heart failure and cancer, or certain lung cancer with a gene change (like EGFR) that gives a better outlook
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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