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Top Palliative & Supportive Care Research Papers
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Reduced/No Dexamethasone With Netupitant/Palonosetron and Olanzapine for Chemotherapy‑Induced Nausea/Vomiting in Highly Emetogenic Chemotherapy: Phase III Noninferiority Trial.
Overall: This multicenter randomized trial supports a readily implementable steroid-sparing antiemetic strategy with preserved control of emesis, but incomplete dexamethasone-free and safety results limit certainty about its full net benefit.
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6.6
Alliance A222001: Oxybutynin Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Patients Receiving Androgen-Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer.
Overall: This small randomized placebo-controlled trial suggests that oral oxybutynin improves patient-reported ADT-associated hot flashes, but short follow-up, incomplete precision data, and absent adverse-event results limit confidence and immediate applicability.
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6.4
Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: A strong US multicenter trial using patient-important outcomes supports hepatologist-delivered palliative care as a specialty-care alternative, but its direct relevance and implementability for primary care are limited.
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6.3
Comparative Effectiveness of Antidepressants and Second-Generation Antipsychotics for Agitation Among Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.
Overall: A large, carefully analyzed US observational study suggests a modest agitation benefit from an easily implemented alternative to antipsychotics, but residual confounding, the nursing-home-specific population, and absent comparative safety results limit its impact.
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6.2
Care of Bereaved Persons : A Systematic Review.
Overall: Care of Bereaved Persons: A Systematic Review — This large, methodologically structured review supports psychotherapy for bereaved adults, but substantial trial bias, unreported effect sizes and harms, and limited evidence for children or broader outcomes reduce its practice-changing strength.
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6.2
Cognitive Behavior vs Bright Light Therapy for Insomnia in Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: A well-conducted randomized trial found a modest insomnia benefit from brief CBT-I but no fatigue benefit and no overall benefit from bright light therapy.
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6.1
Oral Nalbuphine in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis-Associated Cough: The CORAL Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: A well-designed short-term trial found substantial cough reduction, but specialist relevance, limited duration, modest sample size, and absent safety reporting constrain its immediate primary-care impact.
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6.1
Bright IDEAS-YA Skills Training and Psychosocial Outcomes of Young Adults With Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: Bright IDEAS-YA improved patient-reported distress and quality of life in a reasonably strong randomized trial, but its oncology-specific population and resource-intensive delivery limit its direct relevance to routine US primary care.
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6.1
Digital Self-Management of Symptoms and Quality of Life for Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: Digital monitoring produced meaningful quality-of-life and hospitalization benefits in advanced cancer, but specialty staffing needs and limited direct applicability to routine US primary care constrain its overall impact.
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6.0
Digital Reminiscence for Predeath Grief Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial.
Overall: This US pilot randomized trial suggests that a practical digital reminiscence platform may modestly reduce dementia caregivers’ short-term grief, but its small sample, attrition, brief follow-up, and uncertain clinical significance preclude practice change.
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