Palliative Care Yields Cancer Wellbeing Support
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a programme for transitional palliative cancer care (Pal-Cycles) in seven countries (the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Portugal) and its consequent effects on the number of readmissions into hospital. The main hypothesis for
| Condition(s) | Cancer |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a programme for transitional palliative cancer care (Pal-Cycles) in seven countries (the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Portugal) and its consequent effects on the number of readmissions into hospital. The main hypothesis for the study is: that fewer people in the intervention arm of the study will require hospital re admission than those having usual care. Participants will be asked to fill in questionnaires regarding their quality of care and quality of life. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years or above * Patients diagnosed with advanced cancer * Patients that are expected to develop or already may have palliative care needs * Patients who are in transition from curative (hospital) to palliative care (community care) Exclusion Criteria: * People with cancer unable or unwilling to provide consent to participate in the study |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Lead sponsor | Radboud University Medical Center |
| Locations | Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands |
| Start date | 2024-06-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT06259136 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06259136 |