Palliative Care Intervention in Patients With Solid Tumors Participating in Phase I Clinical Trials

NCT01612598 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2014-01-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients enrolled in phase I clinical trials could potentially benefit from palliative care concurrently, yet limited evidence is available to support such a change in care. The primary purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a palliative care intervention (PCI) for patients participating in a phase I therapeutic clinical trial

Conditions

  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

OTHER

counseling intervention

Undergo PCI

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Ancillary studies

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Ancillary studies

OTHER

educational intervention

Undergo PCI

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • City of Hope Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Betty Ferrell · City of Hope Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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