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James Downar

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

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262Paper Count
5.5KCitation Count
Published Papers 128
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Evaluating the Use of Tumor Bank DNA to Validate Genetic Factors Impacting Opioid Response in Patients with Advanced Cancer
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errChristine L. Watt; Rebecca Lelievre; Gaelle Chopin Stukart Parsons; Caroline Vergette; Venus Chirip; Nadia Polskaia; Julie Lapenskie; Bryan Lo; Pearl Campbell; Asma Bankapur; Gareth Palidwor; James Downar
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Canada Cancer Clinicians’ Perceptions of Palliative Care in Pancreatic Cancer: A National Survey
err2026-02-15
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errKamesha Valoo; Brigitte N. Durieux; Kajamathy Subramaniam; Ting Du; Samara Perez; James Downar; Karin Fink; Justin J. Sanders
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PSilocybin for psYCHological and existential distress in PALliative care (PSYCHED-PAL): A single arm unblinded clinical trial
err2026-01-30
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errJames Downar; Julie Lapenskie; Koby Anderson; Gaelle Parsons; Nadia Polskaia; Genevieve Lalumiere; Peter Lawlor
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Demographic and clinical characteristics, practices, and outcomes of continuous palliative sedation: A multi-setting, province-wide retrospective cohort study
err2026-01-26
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errBruno Gagnon; James Downar; Olivia Nguyen; Isabelle Marcoux; Diane Guay; Marc-Antoine Marquis; René-Fabrice Mukendi Tshibangu; Jessica Boivin; Mathilde Labeau-Caouette; Anton Savin; Henrique A. Parsons
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A mixed methods process evaluation of a collaborative outpatient palliative care clinic for patients with end-stage liver disease
err2025-12-19
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errGrace Warmels; Aria Wills; Adrianna Bruni; Leila Cohen; Erin Kelly; James Downar; Arpan A. Patel; Greg Dargavel; Shreya Rauthu; Sarina R. Isenberg
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From Polypharmacy to Plasticity: The Case for Neuromodulation in Palliative Care
err2025-12-01
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errCohen, Leila; Polskaia, Nadia; Lapenskie, Julie; Downar, James
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errDownar, James MD, MHSc; Lapenskie, Julie MSc; Kanji, Salmaan PharmD; Watpool, Irene BSc; Haines, Jessica BScN; Saeed, Uzma BSc; Porteous, Rebecca BSc; Polskaia, Nadia PhD; Burry, Lisa PharmD, PhD; Himed, Shuhira BSc; Fox-Robichaud, Alison MD, MSc
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Propranolol As an Anxiolytic to Reduce the Use of Sedatives for Critically Ill Adults Receiving Mechanical Ventilation (PROACTIVE): An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial: Erratum
err2025-09-02
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errDownar, James MD, MHSc; Lapenskie, Julie MSc; Kanji, Salmaan PharmD; Watpool, Irene BSc; Haines, Jessica BScN; Saeed, Uzma BSc; Porteous, Rebecca BSc; Polskaia, Nadia PhD; Burry, Lisa PharmD, PhD; Himed, Shuhira BSc; Anderson, Koby BSc; Fox-Robichaud, Alison MD, MSc
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errDownar, James MD, MHSc; Lapenskie, Julie MSc; Kanji, Salmaan PharmD; Watpool, Irene BSc; Haines, Jessica BScN; Saeed, Uzma BSc; Porteous, Rebecca BSc; Polskaia, Nadia PhD; Burry, Lisa PharmD, PhD; Himed, Shuhira BSc; Fox-Robichaud, Alison MD, MSc
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Physician Billing in Long-Term Care Homes and the Association With the Prescribing of End-of-Life Symptom Management Medications: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
err2025-07-23
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errRhiannon L. Roberts; Anna E. Clarke; Michelle Howard; Darly Dash; Daniel Kobewka; Shirley H. Bush; Aynharan Sinnarajah; Jessica Simon; Sarina R. Isenberg; Amit Arya; Benoit Robert; Jenny Lau; Peter Tanuseputro; James Downar; Colleen Webber
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Overall Effects and Masking of Important Differences in Risk Factors Reply
err2025-05-19
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errDownar, James; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje; Pope, Thaddeus
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How to define and quantify a bad death in palliative home care? Across-sectional and exploratory study using Canadian interRAI data
err2025-03-20
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errMofina, Amanda; Williams, Nicole; Hirdes, John P.; Cheung, Gary; Downar, James; Quinn, Kieran L.; Guthrie, Dawn M.
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Prescribing Patterns and Impact of Sedatives in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of the MedSafer Study
err2025-03-01
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errDesormeau, Bennet; Huang, Allen; Downar, James; Wu, Peter E.; Bortolussi-Courval, Emilie; Ross, Sydney B.; Battu, Kiran; Papillon-Ferland, Louise; Mcalister, Finlay A.; Elsayed, Sarah; Wilson, Marnie Goodwin; Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B.; Mcdonald, Emily G.; Lee, Todd C.
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Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study
err2025-01-08
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errQuinn, Kieran L.; Stukel, Therese A.; Detsky, Allan; Chung, Hannah; Anwar, Mohammed Rashidul; Bhatia, Sacha; Downar, James; Hung, Vivian; Isenberg, Sarina; Kurahashi, Allison; Lee, Douglas S.; Stall, Nathan; Tanuseputro, Peter; Bell, Chaim M.
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Associations between physicians' personal preferences for end-of-life decisions and their own clinical practice: PROPEL survey study in Europe, North America, and Australia
err2024-12-13
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errMroz, Sarah; Daenen, Frederick; Dierickx, Sigrid; Mortier, Freddy; De Panfilis, Ludovica; Downar, James; Lapenskie, Julie; Anderson, Koby; Skold, Anna; Campbell, Courtney; Campbell, Toby C.; Feeney, Rachel; Willmott, Lindy; White, Ben P.; Chambaere, Kenneth; Deliens, Luc
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Comparison of physician-delivered models of virtual and home-based in-person care for adults in the last 90 days of life with cancer and terminal noncancer illness during the COVID-19 pandemic
err2024-11-27
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errAkhter, Rabia; Stukel, Therese A.; Chung, Hannah; Bell, Chaim M.; Detsky, Allan S.; Downar, James; Isenberg, Sarina R.; Lapp, John; Mokhtarnia, Media; Stall, Nathan; Tanuseputro, Peter; Quinn, Kieran L.
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