Martin Neukirchen, MD, PhD is an expert in Palliative medicine at Düsseldorf University Hospital (Germany). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Martin Neukirchen in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Palliative Care. Martin Neukirchen has authored 122 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 4 clinical trials, 2 of them ongoing. SLR score: 449 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Martin Neukirchen, MD, PhD Düsseldorf University Hospital Germany
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Palliative medicine

Subspecialties: Critical Care - Neurology - Oncology

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1999 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Düsseldorf University Hospital

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 122

Citations

Citations: 842 1st author: 9 Last author: 47 Unique author: 0


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Needs among persons with advanced COPD and their informal caregivers: a multi-perspective qualitative study focusing on the potential role of palliative care.
PMID 42897575 — caregivers, multiple chronic conditions, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, lung diseases, palliative care
BMC Pulm Med20260
Development, implementation, and evaluation of a registry for the documentation and analysis of assisted suicide in Germany (RegAS) - study protocol.
PMID 42711691 — registries, suicide, assisted, documentation, work, surveys and questionnaires, ethics, clinical, suicide, suicide prevention
BMC Med Ethics20260
Ensuring palliative care to critically ill patients is also vital to support the ICU staff.
PMID 42133295 — anesthesiology, communication, critical illness, intensive care units, palliative care, burnout, psychological
Minerva Anestesiol20260
Conducting a randomized controlled clinical trial on palliative care in patients with glioblastoma - what are the challenges?
PMID 42043583 — glioblastoma, outcome assessment, health care, palliative care
Support Care Cancer20260
Palliative care in cardiovascular medicine.
PMID 41879158 — quality of life, heart failure, heart, communication, cardiology, therapeutics, palliative care
Eur Heart J Top journal20260

Clinical Studies 4

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Study Director: 1

By phase:

N/A 2
Phase 2 1
Phase 4 1

By status:

Completed 2
Not yet recruiting 1
Recruiting 1

By type:

Interventional 4

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 2
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 2

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Ongoing Clinical Trials

2 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Enhancing Palliative Care in ICU
NCT06605079 — therapeutics, intensive care units, palliative care
N/ARecruiting2024
Work Package 3 Education for ICU Clinicians in Basic Palliative Care
NCT06425692 — multiple chronic conditions, work, patient care, intensive care units, learning, palliative care, education
N/ANot yet recruiting2024

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