Conversations with your doctor: Making the most of medical consultations for patients with advanced incurable cancer and their carers

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cancer - Other cancer types; Communication about prognosis and end of life care planning in the advanced cancer context; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000724077
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 972

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must be patients, carers or oncologists at participating hospitals. All must be over 18 years of age , have a good comprehension of the English language and be able to give informed consent.
- Patients must be current patients of participating oncologists who have advanced, incurable cancer with a life expectancy of between 2 and 12 months.
- Carers must be identified as the primary carers of a patient enrolled in the study.
- Oncologists must be medical or radiation oncologists.

NOTE: Patients will NOT be excluded from participating if they do not nominate a carer to the study

Exclusion Criteria

Children and/or young people (i.e. <18 years) have been excluded as communication regarding end of life issues would be substantially different for this age group. People with intellectual or mental impairment have also been excluded as active participation in the intervention would be required, together with self-report measurement. The application of the intervention to these groups lies beyond the scope of the current study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified