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Improving the management of pain from advanced cancer in the community

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Topic: Cancer
Subtopic: Colorectal Cancer, Upper Gastro-Intestinal Cancer, Breast Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer
Disease: Breast, Colon, Lung (non-small cell), Prostate
Cancer
1. Colorectal Cancer 2. Upper Gastro-Intestinal Cancer 3. Breast Cancer 4. Lung Cancer 5. Prostate Cancer
Registration Number
ISRCTN18281271
Lead Sponsor
niversity of Leeds
Brief Summary

2018 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29572400 protocol 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34870925/ (added 13/07/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
161
Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 16 years or over
2. Diagnosis of advanced incurable disease (locally advanced or metastatic) in one of the following disease areas:
2.1. Breast
2.2. Colon or rectal
2.3. Non-small cell lung cancer
2.4. Prostate
2.5. Upper GI
3. Experiencing cancer related pain (tumour or treatment related) (as assessed by the Clinician) with an average pain score of = 4 on the average pain” item of the Brief Pain Inventory
4. Has the potential to benefit from palliative care support as assessed by the Clinician
5. An expected prognosis of 12 weeks or more
6. The patient is living at home
7. The patient lives in the local catchment area for a participating hospice
8. The patient is able and willing to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previously referred to palliative care team
2. The patient has insufficient literacy, or proficiency in English to contribute to the data collection required for the research
3. Patients will be excluded if they lack capacity to provide informed consent to this trial
4. Patients with dominant chronic pain that is not cancer related (tumour or treatment)

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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