NCT06107946

The MuSt-PC: a Pilot Study to Assess Symptom Burden of Co-occuring Symptoms

The MuSt-PC: A Multidimensional Strategy to Improve Quality of Life of Patients With Multiple Symptoms and Palliative Care Needs - Pilot Study to Assess the Efficacy of a Clinical Decision Support System

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 44 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this pilot study, physicians and nurse practitioners working in different care settings will use MuSt-PC, for adult patients with any life-limiting iilness, for whom the Surprise question is answered negatively: if the HCP answers "no" to the question "Would I be surprised if this patiënt died in the next 12 months?''. In total, at least 20 eligible patients will be recruited and asked to perform all study assessments.

Detailed description

In this pilot study, physicians and nurse practitioners working in different care settings will use MuSt-PC, for adult patients with any life-limiting iilness, for whom the Surprise question is answered negatively: if the HCP answers "no" to the question "Would I be surprised if this patiënt died in the next 12 months?''. In total, at least 20 eligible patients will be recruited and asked to perform all study assessments. After a baseline screening assessment, all eligible patients with at least 2 simultaneously occurring symptoms with a numeric rating score £4 on the 11 point scale on the Utrecht Symptom Diary, will be asked to fiil out the Utrecht Symptom Diary during two weeks. In the first week twice daily (morning and evening), in the second week once daily (evening).

Conditions

• Palliative Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	USD questionnaire	After a baseline screening symptom assessment, all eligible patients with at least 2 simultaneously occurring symptoms with a numeric rating score ≥4 on the 11 point scale on the Utrecht Symptom Diary, will be asked to fill out the Utrecht Symptom Diary during two weeks. In the first week twice daily (morning and evening), in the second week once daily (evening).

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-18
• Primary completion: 2025-02-28
• Completion: 2025-02-28
• First posted: 2023-10-30
• Last updated: 2025-11-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Netherlands