NCT01865396View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effect of Early Palliative Care on Quality of Life of Patients With Advanced Cancer: a Randomised Controlled Trial.

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

268

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2013

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2017

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2017

Conditions
Life-limiting Cancer With Prognosis of Approximately 1 Year
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Interventional palliative care

Palliative support team will meet the patient soon after diagnosis of incurable disease and will meet the patient at least once a month. The patient will also receive the standard oncologic care.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard oncologic care

Patients will receive standard oncologic care.

Trial Locations (1)

9000

Ghent University Hospital, Ghent

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

OTHER

collaborator

Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium

OTHER

lead

University Ghent

OTHER

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