Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer.

Summary

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the deadliest cancers. Patients with pancreatic cancer experience marked physical suffering, psychological distress and resource-demanding care at the end-of-life. Therefore, an urgent need exists to evaluate the early specialized palliative care model in a comparative study and across multiple care settings to define quality of life and survival benefits in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Conditions

• Pancreatic Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

Early Palliative Care

Baseline palliative care visit Palliative care visits/calls at least every 4 weeks throughout life and additionally upon request Referral to exercise training Referral to nutritional specialist

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bispebjerg Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Rigshospitalet, Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Hvidovre University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Odense University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Aalborg University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Aarhus University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Vejle Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Zealand University Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Hillerod Hospital, Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Herning Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Inna Chen, MD

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Mette Nissen, MD · Herlev & Gentofte Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-06-23

Primary Completion

2024-11-07

Completion

2026-11-30

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations