Associations between polypharmacy, symptom burden, and quality of life in patients with advanced, life-limiting illness.
Schenker Y, Park SY, Jeong K, Pruskowski J, Kavalieratos D, Resick J, Abernethy A, Kutner J. JGIM. In Press.
Framing Advance Care Planning in Parkinson’s Disease: Patient and Care Partner Perspectives.
Lum HD, Jordan SR, Brungardt A, Ayele R, Katz M, Miyasaki JM, Hall A, Jones J, Kluger B. Neurology. In Press.
Differential effects of early palliative care based on the age and sex of patients with advanced cancer from a randomized controlled trial.
Nipp RD, El-Jawahri A, Traeger L, Jacobs JM, Gallagher ER, Park ER, Jackson VA, Pirl WF, Temel JS, Greer JA. Palliat Med. 2018 Apr;32(4):757-766. doi: 10.1177/0269216317751893. Epub 2018 Jan 11.
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Feasibility and Acceptability of a Best Supportive Care Checklist among Clinicians.
Boucher NA, Nicolla J, Ogunseitan A, Kessler ER, Ritchie CS, Zafar YY. J Palliat Med. 2018 Apr 23. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0605. [Epub ahead of print]
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Patient-Reported Distress in Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Its Association With Clinical Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Troy JD, de Castro CM, Pupa MR, Samsa GP, Abernethy AP, LeBlanc TW. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 Mar;16(3):267-273. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7048.
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Outcomes That Define Successful Advance Care Planning: A Delphi Panel Consensus.
Sudore RL, Heyland DK, Lum HD, Rietjens JAC, Korfage IJ, Ritchie CS, Hanson LC, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ, Lorenz K, Howard M, Green MJ, Simon JE, Feuz MA, You JJ. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Feb;55(2):245-255.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.08.025. Epub 2017 Sep 1.
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Comparing the palliative care needs of patients with hematologic and solid malignancies.
Hochman MJ, Yu Y, Wolf SP, Samsa GP, Kamal AH, LeBlanc TW. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Sep 5. pii: S0885-3924(17)30436-0.
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High Symptom Burden and Low Functional Status in The Setting of Multimorbidity.
Portz JD, Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Ritchie CS. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Aug 30.
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Prevalence and Clinical Intentions of Antithrombotic Therapy on Discharge to Hospice Care.
Kowalewska CA, Noble BN, Fromme EK, McPherson ML, Grace KN, Furuno JP. J Palliat Med. 2017 Jun 5. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0487.
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Defining Advance Care Planning for Adults: A Consensus Definition From a Multidisciplinary Delphi Panel.
Sudore RL, Lum HD, You JJ, Hanson LC, Meier DE, Pantilat SZ, Matlock DD, Rietjens JAC, Korfage IJ, Ritchie CS, Kutner JS, Teno JM, Thomas J, McMahan RD, Heyland DK. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 May;53(5):821-832.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.12.331. Epub 2017 Jan 3.
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Perceptions of Statin Discontinuation among Patients with Life-limiting Illness.
Tija J, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Blatchford PJ, Kendrick REB, Prince-Paul M, Somers TJ, McPherson ML, Sloan JA, Abernethy AP, Furuno JP. J Palliat Med. 2017 May 18. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0489.
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A Library of Instruments Endorsed by Published Systematic Reviews for Assessing Patients and Their Care Developed by the Palliative Care Research Cooperative.
Bennett AV, Lee S, Drier S, Wessell KL, Hanson LC. J Palliat Med. 2017 May 25. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0215.
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Better Together: The Making and Maturation of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group.
Ritchie CL, Pollak KI, Kehl KA, Miller JL, Kutner JS. J Palliat Med. 2017 Apr 27. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0138.
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Measuring Advance Care Planning: Optimizing the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey.
Sudore RL, Heyland DK, Barnes DE, Howard M, Fassbender K, Robinson CA, Boscardin J, You JJ. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2017 Apr;53(4):669-681.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.10.367. Epub 2016 Dec 29.
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Anticholinergic drug burden in non-cancer versus cancer patients near the end of life.
Hochman MJ, Kamal AH, Wolf S, Samsa GP, Currow DC, Abernethy AP, LeBlanc TW. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Nov;52(5):737-743.e3.
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Adherence to Measuring What Matters Items When Caring for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Versus Solid Tumors.
LeBlanc TW, Ritchie C, Friedman F, Bull J, Kutner JS, Johnson KS, Kamal AH, and the AAHPM Research Committee Writing Group. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Dec;52(6):775-782.
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Development of the Quality Data Collection Tool for Prospective Quality Assessment and Reporting in Palliative Care.
Kamal AH, Bull J, Kavalieratos D, Nicolla JM, Roe L, Adams M, Abernethy AP. J Palliat Med. 2016 Nov;19(11):1148-1155. Epub 2016 Jun 27.
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Pilot study of an interdisciplinary supportive care planning intervention in pancreatic cancer.
Sun V, Ruel N, Chung V, Singh G, Leong L, Fakih M, Fong Y, Ferrell B. Support Care Cancer. 2016 Aug;24(8):3417-24.
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The Burden of Polypharmacy in Patients Near the End of Life.
McNeil MJ, Kamal AH, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Abernethy AP. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2016 Feb;51(2):178-83.e2
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The challenges of symptom management for patients with multimorbidity in research and practice: a thematic review.
Petrillo LA, Ritchie CS. Prog Palliat Care. 2016;24(5):262-267. doi: 10.1080/09699260.2016.1192320. Epub 2016 Jul 26.
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Usability and Acceptability of the QDACT-PC, an Electronic Point-of-Care System for Standardized Quality Monitoring in Palliative Care.
Kamal AH, Kavalieratos D, Bull J, Stinson CS, Nicolla J, Abernethy AP. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Nov;50(5):615-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.05.013. Epub 2015 Jul 10.
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Practical Dyspnea Assessment: Relationship Between the 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale and the Four-Level Categorical Verbal Descriptor Scale of Dyspnea Intensity.
Wysham NG, Miriovsky BJ, Currow DC, Herndon JE 2nd, Samsa GP, Wilcock A, Abernethy AP. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Oct;50(4):480-7.
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Selecting the Optimal Design for Drug Discontinuation Trials in a Setting of Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness - Reply.
Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Abernethy AP. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct;175(10):1725-6.
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Quality of palliative care for patients with advanced cancer in a community consortium.
Kamal AH, Nipp RD, Bull JH, Stinson CS, Lowery AW, Nicolla JM, Abernethy AP. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Feb;49(2):289-92.
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The quality imperative for palliative care.
Kamal AH, Hanson LC, Casarett DJ, Dy SM, Pantilat SZ, Lupu D, Abernethy AP. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Feb;49(2):243-53.
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Safety and benefit of discontinuing statin therapy in the setting of advanced, life-limiting illness: a randomized clinical trial.
Kutner JS, Blatchford PJ, Taylor DH Jr, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175(5):691–700. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0289.
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Ethical conduct of palliative care research: enhancing communication between investigators and institutional review boards.
Abernethy AP, Capell WH, Aziz NM, Ritchie C, Prince-Paul M, Bennett RE, Kutner JS. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec;48(6):1211-21.
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Strategies to support recruitment of patients with life-limiting illness for research: the Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group.
Hanson LC, Bull J, Wessell K, Massie L, Bennett RE, Kutner JS, Aziz NM, Abernethy A. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec;48(6):1021-30.
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There is a mismatch between the medicare benefit package and the preferences of patients with cancer and their caregivers.
Taylor DH Jr, Danis M, Zafar SY, Howie LJ, Samsa GP, Wolf SP, Abernethy AP. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Oct 1;32(28):3163-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.2605. Epub 2014 Aug 25.
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Building the palliative care evidence base: Lessons from a randomized controlled trial of oxygen vs room air for refractory dyspnea.
LeBlanc TW, Abernethy AP. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 Jul;12(7):989-92.
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Measuring symptoms in community-dwelling older adults: the psychometric properties of a brief symptom screen.
Ritchie CS, Hearld KR, Gross A, Allman R, Sawyer P, Sheppard K, Salanitro A, Locher J, Brown CJ, Roth DL. Med Care. 2013 Oct;51(10):949-55. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a53d1f.
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Discontinuation of statins in routine care settings.
LeBlanc TW, Kutner JS, Ritchie CS, Abernethy AP. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Jul 2;159(1):74-5. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-1-201307020-00021.
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Multisite studies offer a solution to recruitment challenges in palliative care studies.
Ritchie CS, Currow DC, Abernethy AP, Kutner JS. J Palliat Med. 2013 Mar;16(3):225.
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Achieving palliative care research efficiency through defining and benchmarking performance metrics.
Lodato JE, Aziz N, Bennett RE, Abernethy AP, Kutner JS. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. Dec 2012; 6(4):533-542.
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Considerations in reporting palliative care clinical trials: standardizing information reported and authorship practices.
Leblanc TW, Abernethy AP, Currow DC, Kutner JS. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. Dec 2012; 6(4):494-9.
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Management of polypharmacy: can we safely discontinue medications?
Currow DC, Kutner JS, Abernethy AP. Australian Prescriber. Apr 2012; 35(3):75-76.
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A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: formation of a palliative care research cooperative group.
Abernethy AP, Aziz NM, Basch E, Bull J, Cleeland CS, Currow DC, Fairclough D, Hanson L, Hauser J, Ko D, Lloyd L, Morrison RS, Otis-Green S, Pantilat S, Portenoy RK, Ritchie C, Rocker G, Wheeler JL, Zafar SY, Kutner JS. J Palliat Med. Dec 2010; 13(12):1407-1413.
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Developing the evidence base for palliative care: formation of the palliative care research cooperative and its first trial.
Leblanc TW, Kutner JS, Ko D, Wheeler JL, Bull J, Abernethy AP. Hosp Pract (Minneap). Aug 2010; 38(5):137-143.
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Palliative Care Clinical Research Networks, a Requirement for Evidence-Based Palliative Care: Time for Coordinated Action.
Abernethy AP, Hanson LC, Main DS, Kutner JS. J Palliat Med. Aug 2007; 10(4):845-850.
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