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Impact of a Process Optimizing the Decision to Continue or Stop Cancer Treatments in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Advanced Cancer
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Interventions
Other: Optimization of the medical decision
Other: Usual care
Registration Number
NCT04823377
Lead Sponsor
Institut Curie
Brief Summary

Sequential comparative prospective interventional study evaluating the impact of the use of an optimization device of the decision of cancer treatment on aggressiveness of end of life care. Comparison between a first period, period (A), of care as usual and a second period, period (B), of systematic and iterative use of a device for optimizing the decision to continue an anti-cancer treatment.

Detailed Description

We propose to study the optimization of this decision process in an advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma (NSCLC) population, with a Performance Status (PS) ≥ 2 (median survival of approximately 3 months) piloting iteratively (before each decision to continue treatment) a process consisting of an evaluation framework (30 items to be answered by the oncologist with the patient), consolidating:

1. clinical parameters;

2. doctors' expectations regarding the continuation of anticancer treatment;

3. patient expectations and preferences;

4. the possibility of referring the patient to a supportive care specialist and strengthening home care.

The process triggers a dialogue between the patient and the oncologist, based on facts and seeks objectivity, ultimately allowing a shared decision.

In this prospective comparative study, the rate of systemic oncological treatment during the last month of life will be measured consecutively, over a period of usual management, followed by a period of systematic application of a process of optimization of the medical decision.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
364
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Histologically or cytologically proven non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) including NSCLC with oncogene addiction.
  2. Stage IV or IIB/IIIC non irradiable (8th classification TNM, UICC 2015)
  3. Patient having completed at least one line of chemotherapy in the context of metastatic disease (or in the context of locoregional disease if the last chemotherapy was less than 6 months ago).
  4. ECOG Performance Status ≥ 2.
  5. Age ≥ 18.
  6. Written informed consent.
  7. Patient capable, according to the investigator, to comply with the requirements of the study.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Small Cell Lung Cancer (including mixed forms).
  2. Patient with NSCLC for whom a decision has already been made to permanently discontinue all systemic cancer treatment.
  3. Impossible follow up for geographical, social or psychological reason.
  4. Inability to answer a questionnaire (language or neurological barrier).
  5. Patient under guardianship.
  6. Patient being treated in a therapeutic trial.
  7. Patient not covered by social security. -

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SEQUENTIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Period B: Process of optimization of the medical decisionOptimization of the medical decisionPeriod of systematic and iterative use of a device for optimizing the decision to continue an anti-cancer treatment.
Period A: Usual managementUsual carePeriod of end-of-life care as usual
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of patients receiving systemic anticancer treatment in their last days of life24 months

Comparison of the percentage of patients receiving systemic anticancer treatment in their last 30 days of life during each period

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of emergency room visits24 months

Percentage of patients visiting emergency room visits more than once and of unplanned hospitalizations and intensive care admission in the last month of life.

Overall survival (OS)24 months

Overall survival (OS) defined as the time from the date of consent to the date of death due to any cause.

Use of supportive care24 months

Frequency and precocity of use of supportive care.

Percentage of immunotherapy and of Tyrosine kinase inhibitor24 months

Percentage of immunotherapy and of Tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the last 60, 30 and 14 days of life.

Percentage of chemotherapy24 months

Percentage of chemotherapy (IV, oral) administered in the last 60, 30 and 14 days of life,

Percentage of initiation of a new line of chemotherapy24 months

Percentage of initiation of a new line of chemotherapy (IV, oral) in the last month of life

Percentage of initiation of Tyrosine kinase inhibitor or immunotherapy24 months

Percentage of initiation of Tyrosine kinase inhibitor or immunotherapy in the last month of life.

Quality of life using QLQ-C15-PAL EORTC (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer) and anxiety with HAD (Hospital Anxiety and Depression) questionnaire24 months

The quality of Life in palliative cancer care patients will be collected with QLQ-C15-PAL EORTC scale and anxiety will be mesured with HAD scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (24)

CHU Amiens - Hôpital Sud

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Amiens, France

CH Abbeville

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Abbeville, France

CH du Pays d'Aix

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Aix-en-Provence, France

CHU Angers

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Angers, France

CHR Metz-Thionville - Hôpital de Mercy

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Ars-Laquenexy, France

CH Henri Duffaut Avignon

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Avignon, France

Institut Sainte-Catherine

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Avignon, France

AP-HP Ambroise Paré

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Boulogne-Billancourt, France

CHI de Compiègne-Noyon

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Compiègne, France

CHU Sud Francilien

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Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Clinique des Cèdres

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Cornebarrieu, France

CH Intercommunal de Créteil

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Créteil, France

CGFL

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Dijon, France

CHU Grenoble Alpes

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Grenoble, France

CHD Vendée

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La Roche-sur-Yon, France

CHRU Lille

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Lille, France

Centre Léon Bérard

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Lyon, France

Institut Curie

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Saint-Cloud, France

AP-HP Bichat

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Paris, France

CH Saint-Malo

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Saint-Malo, France

AP-HP Tenon

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Paris, France

Hôpital Foch

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Suresnes, France

Clinique Tessier

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Valenciennes, France

AP-HP Cochin

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Paris, France

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