Status:
UNKNOWN
Advanced Cancer Patients' and Their Primary Caregivers' Willingness to Communicate About Advance Care Planning (ACP)
Lead Sponsor:
Jules Bordet Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fonds Gaston Ithier
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Conditions:
Advanced Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Brief Summary
Advanced care planning (ACP) is a major component of end-of-life care. Advanced care planning aims to (1) establish treatment and care options in the event that continuing cancer treatment is more ris...
Detailed Description
Advanced care planning (ACP) is a major component of end-of-life care. Advanced care planning aims to (1) establish treatment and care options in the event that continuing cancer treatment is more ris...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The general eligibility criteria for patients are as follows:
- Be competent (defined according to Appelbaum et al. (1988) as the ability to understand, reason and communicate)
- Speak French
- Be over 18 years of age
- Have given written informed consent to participate in the study
- In addition to these general criteria, specific eligibility criteria are defined for patients referred for medical oncology, hematology, surgery or radiotherapy.
- Specific criteria for patients attending a medical oncology consultation:
- To have metastatic cancer or cancer with locoregional extension
- and be involved in a new line of treatment (ongoing or planned), following resistance of the disease to at least one first treatment;
- and/or have been diagnosed with brain metastasis.
- Specific criteria for patients attending a hematology oncology consultation:
- To have a hemato-oncological condition
- and be involved in a first line of non-curative therapy (e.g. myeloma, acute myeloid leukemia on Vidaza-Venetoclax);
- and/or be involved in a new line of treatment (ongoing or planned), following a relapse of the disease after at least one first line of treatment.
- Specific criteria for patients attending a surgery consultation:
- To have metastatic cancer or cancer with locoregional extension
- and be involved in the scheduling of a major surgery.
- Specific criteria for patients attending a radiation therapy consultation:
- To have metastatic cancer or cancer with locoregional extension
- and be involved in a radiotherapy treatment involving more than one session
- Exclusion Criteria for patients :
- Not being competent (defined according to Appelbaum et al. (1988) as the ability to understand, reason and communicate)
- Have a poor command of the French language
- Already have a therapeutic limitation status, limited to supportive care (BSC status).
- Inclusion Criteria for primary Caregivers :
- The eligibility criteria for primary caregivers are as follows:
- Have been identified by the patient as the person who supports them the most with their cancer condition
- Be competent
- Speak French
- Be over 18 years of age
- Have given written informed consent to participate in the study
- Inclusion Criteria for physicians :
- Have been designated by the patient as the physician with whom they wish to make major decisions in terms of treatment planning and/or therapeutic limitations
- Speak French
- Have given written informed consent to participate in the study
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 4 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 4 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05426330
Start Date
October 4 2021
End Date
October 4 2024
Last Update
June 22 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Institut Jules Bordet
Brussels, Belgium