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NCT number NCT04519632
Other study ID # 47244
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date July 15, 2019
Est. completion date January 31, 2021

Study information

Verified date August 2020
Source University of Southampton
Contact Simone Holley, PhD
Phone 00442380595083
Email s.l.holley@soton.ac.uk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To describe the the barriers and facilitators experienced by carers and healthcare professionals when managing medicines for pain relief for infants, children, and young people approaching the end of life in out of hospital settings.


Description:

This study aims to hear about the experiences of patients, carers and healthcare professionals when managing pain relief medicines for infants, children and young people (ICYP) at the end of their lives, when they are not in hospital.

The study plans to develop a guide to help educate and empower both carers and healthcare professionals in the best ways to manage pain in this group of patients. This guide will contain basic, easily understood information depending upon both the patient's and carers' needs. Family carers are important in looking after their ICYP with life-threatening illnesses, so they can be cared for at home if they wish. Even with varying levels of support from hospice, hospital or family doctors, such responsibility can be rewarding and scary.

Community based healthcare professionals often have little experience to be able to support good end of life pain care in these patients when at home and there may be problems which prevent them from giving effective treatment. If pain and other symptoms are not well controlled by medicines families often move from their chosen place of care. Carers need to be able to check symptoms to decide which medicines to give and how well they are working, without having any special training; some may have unhelpful views about medicines such as morphine.

Not much research has looked at the problems that carers and healthcare professionals come across when trying to manage a child's pain when they are not in hospital.

Research has already shown that being able to provide the right medicine at the right time means children can be looked after where they want, without unnecessary hospital admissions. It is hoped that the guide will make carers feel more confident in managing pain relief safely, so lessening any worries. Future research is planned to show the value of the guide in a larger study.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 68
Est. completion date January 31, 2021
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 6 Years to 99 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria

- Carers of infants, children, and young people up to 18 years being cared for outside hospital at the end of life (defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool and/or who have a symptom management plan (including pain management) written by a specialist palliative care team.

- Self-reported full or partial responsibility for managing the patient's medicines, in particular having to select PRN (pro re nata or 'taken as needed') for pain and being responsible for the clinical decision making and the physical process of administering medicines.

- Healthcare professionals in primary, secondary and tertiary care who are involved in the care of children at end-of-life (defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool) outside hospital, some of whom may be caring for the families taking part.

- Children and young people aged 6-18 years who are being cared for outside hospital at the end of life defined as those patients who score as 'orange' or 'red' on the Spectrum of Palliative Care Needs tool).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Carers judged by consultants or nurses to lack capacity to consent.

- Carers judged by nurses to be 'struggling' too much (however, these carers will still be able to approach the researcher directly if they wish to take part as posters will be used to advertise the study).

- CYP judged by carers or nurses to lack capacity to take part in an interview, who are too unwell or those who might find it too distressing.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Qualitative study
Qualitative interviews

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom University of Southampton Southampton

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Southampton Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, Helen & Douglas House Hospice, Oxford, UK, Rainbow Hospice

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Qualitative data obtained from semi-structured interviews Barriers and facilitators to managing pain in infants, children, and young people at end of life as reported by parents, caregivers, healthcare professionals and children and young people. Baseline
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