Status:
COMPLETED
Patient and Family Decision Making in the Palliative Care Setting
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Conditions:
Advanced Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this research study is to learn about any differences in certain health-related preferences between patients with cancer and their families. The main preferences being studied are how dec...
Detailed Description
Study Background: People from different cultures may have different preferences in the way decisions about their healthcare are made, as well as how much information they may want to know about the d...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient with advanced cancer (local recurrence or metastatic) at the time of their follow up visit to the outpatient palliative care clinic or at an agreed date after the first visit to the outpatient palliative care clinic.
- Patient designates a family member who is a patient's parent, spouse, adult child, sibling, other relative, or significant other (any other person defined by the patient as a partner) to answer the family questionnaire.
- Patient is 18 years of age or older (as the assessment tools used in this study have not been validated in the pediatric population).
- Patient with normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer and by her/his ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process.
- Patient willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent.
- Family member is 18 years of age or older (as the assessment tools used in this study have not been validated in the pediatric population).
- Family member with normal cognitive status as determined by the interviewer and by her/his ability to understand the nature of the study and consent process.
- Family member willing to participate in the study and sign informed consent.
- All participants in the international centers must be from Argentinian, Chilean, or Guatemalan descendence respectively.
- All participants in the U.S. must be from self-reported Hispanic descendence, first or second generation immigrants, and reside in the U.S. for at least 5 years.
Exclusion
- Either patient or family member can not complete the assessments independently.
- Either patient or family member refuses to participate in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
780 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00682994
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
February 19 2016
Active Locations (4)
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1
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
2
Fundacion FEMEBA - Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa - Hospital Tornu
Buenos Aires, Argentina
3
Dr. Sotero del Rio Hospital - Catholic University of Chile
Santiago, Chile, 8207257
4
Guatemalan Cancer Institute - INCAN
Guatemala City, Guatemala