Understanding Quality of Life Among Patients With Cancer Receiving Palliative Care
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 208
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Quality of Life - McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire
研究概览
简要总结
This randomized controlled trial will assess the effects on quality of life of two approaches to symptom management among new patients referred to a palliative care oncology clinic.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Be a new patient at an outpatient palliative care clinic
- •Resident of Pennsylvania
- •Over 18 years of age
排除标准
- •Prior use of certain symptom focused therapies
- •Currently pregnant
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
Participants in this group will consent to participate in a study about quality of life for patients with cancer seeking outpatient palliative care. They will be seen in a palliative care oncology clinic at which time they will be offered additional resources to promote symptom management. They will be asked to complete a series of surveys every two weeks for 16 weeks which will assess their quality of life, symptoms, and medication use.
干预措施: Offering Additional Resources to Promote Symptom Management (Behavioral)
Usual Care
Participants in this group will consent to participate in a study about quality of life for patients with cancer seeking outpatient palliative care. They will be seen in a palliative care oncology clinic where they will receive symptom management and supportive care. They will be asked to complete a series of surveys every two weeks for 16 weeks which will assess their quality of life, symptoms, and medication use.
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of Life - McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire
时间窗: Baseline - 16 weeks
Quality of life will be measured through the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire Revised (MQOL-R). The questionnaire is 15 questions assessing overall and specific areas of quality of life.
次要结局
- Acceptability of Accessing Additional Resources for Symptom Management(Baseline - 16 weeks)
- Medication Use(Baseline - 16 weeks)
- Hospital-Free Days(Baseline - 16 weeks)
- Feasibility of Accessing Additional Resources for Symptom Management(Baseline - 16 weeks)
- Symptom Severity(Baseline - 16 weeks)
- Mortality(Baseline - 16 weeks)
研究者
Scott Halpern
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania