Advance Care Planning; an Innovative Palliative Care Intervention to Improve Quality of Life in Cancer Patients *a Multi-Centre Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- patients with lung or colorectal cancer10027656
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 296
Inclusion Criteria
Patients:
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of: lung cancer (small cell * extensive disease/ stage III or IV, non-small cell stage III or IV) or colorectal cancer stage IV or metachronous metastases
- written informed consent to participate
- WHO performance status of 3 or under ;Carers:
By participating patient identified as next of kin to be contacted by hospital staff if needed ;...
Exclusion Criteria
Patients:
- Age < 18 years
- Unable to provide consent
- Unable to complete questionnaire in country*s language
- Less than 3 months anticipated life expectancy
- Taking part in a research study that is evaluating palliative care services or communication strategies;Carers:
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30; EORTC item bank EF short form), Symptoms (EORTC<br /><br>QLQ-C15 PAL)<br /><br><br /><br>Qualitative study: patient experiences</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Decisional quality (self constructed), Patient Activation (APECC), Satisfaction<br /><br>with care (EORTC IN-PATSAT32), Coping with their illness (COPE), Satisfaction<br /><br>with intervention (Patient Feedback Questionnaire), Socio demographic measures.<br /><br>Experiences of ospital care as reported by bereaved relatives (VOICES), anxiety<br /><br>and depression of bereaved relatives (HADS).<br /><br>Alignment of care as preferred (as indicated by the patient) with care as<br /><br>received (as measured in the medical files). </p><br>