Aggressiveness of Care at the End of Life in Cancer Patients | NCT00980122

Studies
Aggressiveness of Care at the End of Life in Cancer Patients

NCT00980122

Sponsor

National University Hospital, Singapore

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

Apr 8, 2010Estimated

Enrollment

250Estimated

Phase

Not provided

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Interventions

Not provided

Countries

Singapore

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Apr 2010

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Mar 2008

Primary Completion Date

Not provided

Completion Date

Not provided

First Submitted Date

Sep 16, 2009

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Sep 17, 2009

First Posted Date

Sep 18, 2009Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Apr 7, 2010

Last Update Posted Date

Apr 8, 2010Estimated

Description Module

Brief Summary

Cancer is the commonest cause of death in Singapore, and many cancer deaths occur in hospital.

Management of cancer patients is getting more complex with constant development of new drugs, interventional procedures and supportive measures. Despite this, the majority of advanced cancer patients will die from their disease or related complications.

There is a lack of data on the utilisation of health resources in advanced cancer patients in this country. In this study the investigators ask themselves how aggressive care was in the last 3 months of the patient's life. The investigators will be collecting data on specific cancer treatments, interventional procedures, and supportive measures.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Observational

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not provided

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Not provided

Intervention Model

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

250Estimated

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
To describe the trends in the aggressiveness of care for advanced cancer patients near the end of life.

Secondary Outcomes

Not provided

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Advanced cancer patients who passed away as an inpatient in NUH, under the department of Haematology Oncology.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with haematologic malignancies.

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

Not provided

Maximum Age

Not provided

Standard Ages

ChildAdultOlder Adult

Study Population

All advanced cancer patients who passed away in the National University Hospital during a defined 1 year period, will have a retrospective review of paper and electronic records.

Study subjects are identified from the weekly mortality lists that are sent to the Department of Haemtology Oncology. We aim to include 250 patients in this retrospective study.

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Not provided

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
National University Hospital		Singapore	Singapore	119074	Singapore

References Module

Citations

PubMed Identifier	Type	Citation	Retractions
17245696	Background	Braga S, Miranda A, Fonseca R, Passos-Coelho JL, Fernandes A, Costa JD, Moreira A. The aggressiveness of cancer care in the last three months of life: a retrospective single centre analysis. Psychooncology. 2007 Sep;16(9):863-8. doi: 10.1002/pon.1140.
14622455	Background	Cintron A, Hamel MB, Davis RB, Burns RB, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP. Hospitalization of hospice patients with cancer. J Palliat Med. 2003 Oct;6(5):757-68. doi: 10.1089/109662103322515266.