Early-Integrated Palliative home care and standard care for end-stage COPD (EPIC): A Phase II pilot RCT testing feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness

While early-integrated palliative home care (PHC) is believed to be beneficial for COPD patients, trials testing this hypothesis are rare and show inconclusive results.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - October 9, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Charlotte Scheerens, Peter Pype, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Ga ëlle Vanbutsele, Kim Eecloo, Eric Derom, Simon Van Belle, Guy Joos, Luc Deliens, Kenneth Chambaere Source Type: research