Advance Care Planning - wishes and views of patients with incurable cancer towards consultations for end-of-life treatment decisions

• Conditions: C50; C64; C53; C00; C32; Malignant neoplasm of anus and anal canal; Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus; Incurable cancer diagnosis; C24; C19

• Registration Number: DRKS00017003
• Lead Sponsor: CCL desUniversitätsklinikum Leipzig

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Incurable cancer
• Signed and dated informed consent
• Full understanding of german language
• Ability to participate in a 15min interview

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient is not able to understand and to answer questions
• Patient is in a critical health situation and is directly threatened due to cancer disease or the resulting complications

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. General understanding of ACP and current ACP-practice in oncological centres, institutes and clinics<br>2. Practice of ACP-consultation <br>3. Information and counselling needs of patients 4. Existence of ACP-documents of ACP (e.g. advance directive, health care proxy) <br>5. Performance of lifesustaining and/or resuscitating treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. QoL of patient <br>2. Psychosocial burden of patients<br>3. Understanding of disease and goals of oncological care of patients <br>4. Patients satisfaction with care