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A Randomized Study of Early Palliative Care

NCT02311465 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-12-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to find out whether it is better to introduce cancer patients to the palliative care team at a later date when there is a specific issue or problem or to introduce cancer patients to the palliative care team when first diagnosed before any specific issue or problem occurs.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Palliative Care

Components of the palliative care service intervention are expected to include: * Establishment of a palliative care plan * Care coordination by palliative care team * Informational, patient friendly materials supporting Palliative Care * Communication by palliative care team to all providers and teams involved in patient's care * Systematic collection of information, including identification of surrogate or health care proxy and advance care planning * Questionnaires capturing health related quality of life at regular intervals throughout the intervention period

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gordon Bernard, MD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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