Impact of Access to Single-Fraction Palliative Radiation Therapy in Cancer Patients Enrolled in Hospice
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 31
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Opioid Use for Pain Management
研究概览
简要总结
Feasibility study to report on the impact of ACCESS of single-fraction radiation therapy on cancer patients with bone metastases enrolled in hospice care.
详细描述
Hospice care for terminally ill patients with metastatic cancer improves quality of life, pain control, and potentially also survival when patients are enrolled early.1-3 However, hospice programs are often seen by patients and their caregivers as the last resort after exhaustion of all effective treatment options. The need to revoke active treatment (for all hospice patients with cancer outside of the VA system) discourages hospice enrollment.
This study aims to understand and analyze barriers to access specifically for short course palliative radiation therapy in cancer patients enrolled in hospice.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 100 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Solid Tumor Malignancies and Multiple Myeloma with Bone Metastases and Associated Bone Pain Enrolled in Hospice
排除标准
- •Decisionally-Impaired Subjects, Pregnant Women
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Opioid Use for Pain Management
时间窗: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Opioid Dosage (mg/day)
次要结局
- Improved Quality of Life Measures(During study completion)
- Improved Activities of Daily Living(During study completion)