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Perioperative Palliative Care Surrounding Cancer Surgery for Patients & Their Family Members

NCT03611309 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 379

Last updated 2026-01-08

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Summary

The study goal is to compare surgeon-palliative care team co-management, versus surgeon alone management, of patients and family members preparing for major upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery. The study also aims to explore, using qualitative methods, the impact of surgeon-palliative care team co-management versus surgeon alone management on the perioperative care experience for patients, family members, surgeons, and palliative care clinicians.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Surgeon-palliative care team co management

Surgeon-palliative care team co management includes surgeon alone care and palliative care specialist team

OTHER

Surgeon team alone management

The surgeon and surgical team will manage

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stanford University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karl Lorenz, MD, MSHS · Stanford University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-25
Primary Completion
2022-08-31
Completion
2022-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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