Screening versus multidimensional assessment of symptoms and psychosocial burden of cancer patients at the diagnosis of incurability

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00017774

Enrollment

504

Registered

2020-01-07

Start date

2019-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

patients with an incurable cancer disease

Interventions

Group 1: screening, Patient will be asked short questionnaires (NCCN Distress Thermometer and IPOS) every 3-6 weeks Group 2: multidimensional assessment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of an incurable cancer disease

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - underage - no written consent - can't give consent - not well enough to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life after 6 months in both intervention arms using FACT-G, PHQ4, SCNS-34, NCCN distress thermometer.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- number of days spent in hospital and frequency of inclusion of emergency, palliative care and psychosocial care structures; Comparison of positive and negative screened patients with the actual inclusion of palliative care - Comparison of the two intervention arms, also comparing them with a "not-included 'historical'" control group (usual care) - Descriptive analysis of symptoms and stress in both intervention arms	—

Measure

Time frame

- number of days spent in hospital and frequency of inclusion of emergency, palliative care and psychosocial care structures; Comparison of positive and negative screened patients with the actual inclusion of palliative care - Comparison of the two intervention arms, also comparing them with a "not-included 'historical'" control group (usual care) - Descriptive analysis of symptoms and stress in both intervention arms

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactStefanie Solar

UMG

screbel@med.uni-goettingen.de05513960559

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026