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Assessing Why Do Cancer Patients Seek health Care late and Its Implication In Patient Care

To Assess The Factors Responsible For Delayed Presentation Of Cancer Patients To Tertiary Centre and Its Implication in Patient Care

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/03/040714
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-03-02
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-04-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

AIIMS NEW DELHI
Lead Sponsor
AIIMS NEW DELHI
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Age more than or equal to 18 years. 2 Patients diagnosed with stage III and stage IV malignancy. 3. Any metastatic malignancy. 4. Patient directly presenting to palliative medicine OPD. 5. Patients giving informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 1.Patients with malignancy who have been diagnosed and treated previously. 2. Patients with early-stage disease (stage I and stage II disease). 3.Patients not giving consent to participate in the study. 4 . Patient with impaired cognitive function

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The cause of delay which can be ignorance, transport issues, stigma, fear . Timepoint: At Baseline—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To assess how the intervention of palliative medicine helped in the course of the patient. To assess how the intervention of palliative medicine helped in the course of the patient. Timepoint: 4 weeks—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sushma Bhatnagar

AIIMS, NEW DELHI

sushmabhatnagar1@gmail.com9811326453

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026