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Palliative Care Yields Cancer Wellbeing Support
Sponsor: Radboud University Medical Center
Summary
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a programme for transitional palliative cancer care (Pal-Cycles) in seven countries (the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Portugal) and its consequent effects on the number of patients being admitted to hospital. The primary outcome of the study will be the proportion of patients with experiencing at least one hospital admission in the intervention group versus the number of patients who experience one unplanned hospital admissions in the control group. The study hypothesis i: that fewer people in the intervention arm of the study will require hospital admission than those receiving usual care. The secondary outcome measured during this study will be patient reported as questionnaires on the quality of life and quality of care. Furthermore, the relative will also be asked about their experience of the quality of care using a questionnaire.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
515
Start Date
2024-06-01
Completion Date
2026-10-01
Last Updated
2026-11-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
A transitional palliative care intervention
The patient in the intervention group, after giving informed consent, will be asked to complete the Edmonton Symptoms Assessment System Revised (ESAS-r). The completed questionnaire will then be reviewed by the medical team. The information gathered from the questionnaire can then be used to inform the next step of the intervention: a goals of care conversation. Afterwards the results of these conversations should be recorded in a Summary of Goals of Care Form. Perferably, this form is then shared with the patient and the patients general practitioner.
Locations (1)
Radboudumc
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands