Status:
UNKNOWN
Effects of Nurse-led Telephone Based Service for Early Palliative Care (PALTEL)
Lead Sponsor:
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
Conditions:
Palliative Care
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Non-pharmacological, interventional, two-arm, randomized controlled trial. Early Palliative Care cancer patients will be randomized to active telephonic follow-up program by specialist nurses until en...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study;
- Patients having a defined Caregiver
- Cancer patients referred for the first time to the Early Palliative Care Outpatient Clinic;
- Both Female or Male, aged ≥ 18 years;
- Italian speaking patients.
Exclusion
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status score of 3 or higher
- Patients cognitively impaired or deaf;
- Patients not having a telephone or not capable of speaking/using a telephone;
- Patients referred to palliative Homecare or Hospice at the first visit Early Palliative Care Outpatient Clinic.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
140 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05434208
Start Date
September 1 2022
End Date
September 1 2025
Last Update
June 27 2022
Active Locations (1)
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IRCCS Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l.
Meldola, Forlì-Cesena, Italy, 47014