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Early Palliative Care in Advanced Lung and Gastrointestinal Malignancies

NCT01401907 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 351

Last updated 2023-10-19

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two types of care - standard oncology care and standard oncology care with early palliative care (started soon after diagnosis) to see which is better for improving the experience of patients and families with advanced lung and non-colorectal GI cancer. The study will use questionnaires to measure patients' and caregivers' quality of life, mood, coping and understanding of their illness.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

early palliative care

patient assigned to the intervention will receive early palliative care along with standard oncology care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Temel, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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