# Identification of In-hospital Patients in Need of Palliative Care Using a New Simplified Screening Tool

> **NCT04143230** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza** · enrollment: 660 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Locally Advanced Cancer
- Metastatic Cancer
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Chronic Heart Failure
- Chronic Liver Failure
- Chronic Renal Failure

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Screening for PC by means of two different screening tools

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04143230
- **Lead sponsor:** A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-05-23
- **Primary completion:** 2019-05-22
- **Final completion:** 2019-10-15
- **Target enrollment:** 660 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-10-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04143230

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04143230, "Identification of In-hospital Patients in Need of Palliative Care Using a New Simplified Screening Tool". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04143230. Licensed CC0.

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