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Early Incorporation of Patient and Family to Attention and Care Program in Oncology Versus Standard of Care

NCT01631565 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 201

Last updated 2016-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is recent evidence that early palliative care administered to patients helps for their quality of life (QoL). It is however not part of the standard multidisciplinary treatment.

This study intents to evaluate the effect of early palliative care in patients with advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) compared to the standard of care.

Conditions

  • Lung Neoplasms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Early allocation to palliative care

Symptoms management (e.g. Pain, nausea, dehydration management).

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional counseling

Nutritional status evaluation and dietary supplementation according to the patient requirements.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation.

Patient and care-taker psychoeducation, depression and anxiety evaluation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia de Mexico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oscar G Arrieta, MD Msc · Mexico. Nacional Cancer Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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