Efficacy of a Systematic Referral to Palliative Care of Patients Who Need for Palliative Care Dur… (NCT06150027) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Efficacy of a Systematic Referral to Palliative Care of Patients Who Need for Palliative Care During an Unscheduled Visit in Comprehensive Anticancer Centers
France240 participantsStarted 2024-09-12
Plain-language summary
This is a randomized, multicenter, prospective, phase III study conducted in daily emergency rooms of French Regional Comprehensive Cancer Centers.
In the standard arm, patients will be managed regardless of their PALLIA-10 score, following conventional strategy. In the experimental arm, patients will be systematically referred to a palliative care team.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Male or female ≥ 18 years at the day of consenting to the study;
* Confirmed diagnosis of any type of solid or haematology tumours, with or without Current oncological treatment, such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, etc;
* Unscheduled admission in a French Regional Comprehensive Anti-Cancer Centre due to an acute, unpredictable, intercurrent event related to cancer, its therapies or a comorbidity;
* Patient for whom disease is considered as not curable;
* PALLIA-10 Score \> 3/10;
* Willingness and ability to comply with the study requirements;
* Signed and dated informed consent indicating that the patient has been informed of all the aspects of the trial prior to enrolment;
* Patient must be covered by a medical insurance.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patient without consciousness, unable to provide a written informed consent (context of emergency);
* Patient treated with a curative intent;
* Previous randomization in this clinical study;
* Patients already followed-up by a palliative care team;
* Life expectancy shorter than 1 month, as per the emergency units' staff judgement.
* Any medical or psychosocial condition that would compromise the patient's compliance to the study visits or would likely interfere with the completion of Patient-Reported Outcomes.
* Patients under tutorship or curatorship.
What they're measuring
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Aggressiveness of care near the end of life
Timeframe: From date of randomization until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 30 months