Health Condition 1: C801- Malignant (primary) neoplasm, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: NIL: NIL
Sponsors
Mary Ann Muckaden
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patient with advanced cancer (Any cancer). 2. Referred to Palliative Medicine department (New or follow-up) 3. Patient over age of 18 years and able to provide informed consent, or, through surrogates, if patient is drowsy/delirious.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with potential curable disease referred for early palliative care. 2. Patients for whom reliable contact number or method of communication is not available.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Relationship between PPI and actual survival using cox proportional hazards regression method.2. Positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of survival less than three weeks and less than six weeks by using PPI as a tool. Timepoint: The first time point is end of 3rd week post enrollment and second time point is end of 6th week post enrollment. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Experiences of caregivers and/or patient about life expectancy discussion. Timepoint: Post enrollment with-in first week. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAvinash Kumar Tiwari
Tata Memorial Hospital
Outcome results
None listed