Prediction of survival by physicians and assessment of symptoms in patients with liver, pancreatic and gallbladder cancers in a palliative care setting
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- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/08/044932
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) Age >18 years.
2) Able to give informed consent.
3) Able to communicate in Hindi/English/Marathi/Bengali.
4) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group(ECOG) score �1.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patient planned for any disease directed treatment.
2)Patients with any pre-existing psychiatric disorder or intellectual disability.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparing Clinician predicted survival (CPS) versus Actual survival (AS) at the end of 90 days by calculating difference in days (temporal prediction), assessing percentage chance of survival (probabilistic prediction) at 48 hrs,7 days,30 days,60 days and 90 days and surprise question approach.Timepoint: Baseline evaluation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparing predicted survival by PPI with CPS.Timepoint: Baseline evaluation;Comparing temporal prediction versus probabilistic prediction versus surprise question approach. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline evaluation;Patient or caregiver reported burden on Edmonton Symptom Assessment System- revised (ESAS-r).Timepoint: Baseline evaluation, 15 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days.;Using PPI as a prognostic tool and comparing it with Actual survival (AS).Timepoint: Baseline evaluation and at end of 90 days.