Patient informed choice between palliative chemotherapy and best supportive care: who wants it?
- Conditions
- patients with metastases10014710
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON30246
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 170
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with distant metastases or loco-regional recurrence after primary breast or colon cancer are eligible, if they face the choice between second line palliative chemotherapy or best supportive care.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are labile personality structure, as assessed by the physicians, and a Karnofsky lower than 60.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Number of information items requested by the patient</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Well-being and psychological variables related to decision making</p><br>