NCT03612934

The Impact of SPC on Advanced Breast Cancer Patients

The Influence of Specialist Palliative Care on the Exacerbation of Negative Symptoms, Life Quality and Performance Status of Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 144 (actual)
• Sponsor: Silesian University of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 33 Years – 91 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this prospective, observational study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of a 14-day Specialist Palliative Care therapy in participants with advanced breast cancer carried out in a stationary palliative care unit in Poland. The length of the entire study will be 36 months.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Palliative Care
• Quality of Life
• Cancer, Breast

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Specialist Palliative Care	In the research, Specialist Palliative Care was provided according to the guidelines established by Mid-Western Health Board in a Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care as well as according to recommendations of Polish Society of Palliative Medicine and Polish National Healthcare Fund. In order to ensure interdisciplinary and integrated palliative care, a team of specialists was appointed. Team members were engaged in the process of treatment of each patient during the time of the study and applied their specialist skills according to the needs of the patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2018-08-02
• Last updated: 2018-08-02