NCT01927393

Palliative Care in Improving Quality of Life and Symptoms in Patients With Stage III-IV Pancreatic or Ovarian Cancer

Integration of Palliative Care Planning in Pancreatic and Ovarian Cancers

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This randomized clinical trial studies palliative care in improving quality of life and symptoms in patients with stage III-IV pancreatic or ovarian cancer. Palliative therapy may help patients with advanced pancreatic or ovarian cancer live more comfortably.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Test the effects of a concurrent palliative care planning intervention (PCPI) on overall quality of life (QOL) and symptom burden. II. Test the effects of a concurrent PCPI on anxiety and depression. III. Test the effects of a concurrent PCPI on overall survival. IV. Test the effects of a concurrent PCPI on health care resource use. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: Patients undergo a comprehensive physical, psychological, social, and spiritual palliative care assessment. Patients also receive a workbook that covers physical and psychological well-being and social and spiritual well-being, delivered over 2 educational sessions. ARM II: Patients receive standard care plus attention comprising two telephone contacts. After completion of study, patients are followed up at 1, 3, and 6 months.

Conditions

• Recurrent Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
• Recurrent Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
• Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer
• Stage III Pancreatic Cancer
• Stage IIIA Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
• Stage IIIA Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
• Stage IIIB Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
• Stage IIIB Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
• Stage IIIC Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
• Stage IIIC Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
• Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial Cancer
• Stage IV Ovarian Germ Cell Tumor
• Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	palliative care	Receive PCPI
BEHAVIORAL	educational intervention	Receive education sessions
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment	Ancillary studies
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Ancillary studies
BEHAVIORAL	telephone-based intervention	Receive telephone contacts

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2017-10-01
• First posted: 2013-08-22
• Last updated: 2014-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States