Testing a Tool to Prompt Palliative Care for Hospitalized Adults With Heart Failure
Tests a decision tool to prompt palliative care for adults hospitalized with heart failure.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Promoting Palliative Care for People With Heart Failure
Key facts
- Where
- New Haven, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Where in United States
- Yale New Haven Hospital Saint RaphaelNew Haven, United StatesTaking people
- Yale New Haven Hospital York StreetNew Haven, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Yale University
- Trial code
- NCT06933875
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
- Original description
This project will develop and test a novel clinical decision support tool (CDS) that encourages timely referral to palliative care for people hospitalized with heart failure. This intervention will incorporate an existing, validated 1-year mortality risk model into a CDS to deliver prognostic information and evidence-based decision support at the point of care. Thus, this research may lead to improved care-concordant and goal-directed care for people with heart failure.Read full original descriptionShow less
Promoting Palliative Care for People With Heart Failure: The P3HF Pilot Study
This project will develop and test a novel clinical decision support tool (CDS) that encourages timely referral to palliative care for people hospitalized with heart failure. This intervention will incorporate an existing, validated 1-year mortality risk model into a CDS to deliver prognostic information and evidence-based decision support at the point of care. Thus, this research may lead to improved care-concordant and goal-directed care for people with heart failure.
Inclusion: Healthcare providers must meet the following criteria:; Are an attending physician, fellow, or resident, advanced practice nurse, or physician associate; Has ordering privileges; Are members of one of the hospitals' admitting teams (e.g., hospitalist service, cardiology service); Anticipate employment at one of the two study sites for the 15-month trial period; Or; Palliative care team member; Hospital administrator/quality and safety personnel; Patients of providers enrolled in the study must meet the following criteria for heart failure during hospitalization:; Age 18 years of age or older; N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide values of >500 pg/ml; Received intravenous diuretics within 24 hours of admission.
Exclusion: Pregnant at the time of admission.