OncoCoaching and early palliative care as patient-centered care elements in the therapy of incurable cancer

OncoCoaching and early palliative care as patient-centered care elements in the therapy of incurable cancer - OnCoPaTh

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00023255

Enrollment

1800

Registered

2020-11-05

Start date

2020-10-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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

Conditions

Patients with non-curable solid tumors and newly diagnosed distant metastases (ICD-10-GM C00-C75,C76-C80, C97, D37-D48) C00-C75 C76-C80 C97 D37-D48

Interventions

Group 1: Control group I (VG I): In this group, oncological patients are treated as usual (standard care). This means that treatment by oncological facilities is carried out according to the standard

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patients with solid tumours that cannot be treated curatively and patients with newly diagnosed distant metastases ICD-10-GM C00-C76, C78-C80, C97, D37-D48) - Patients who are able to take decisions and are covered by statutory health insurance - Patients who have not yet received palliative medical treatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasms of the lymph nodes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient level: Need for support and information (SCNS-SF34-G) (continuous variable) Population level: hospital admissions	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The following secondary endpoints are recorded at the patient level: (1) Need for support and information of patients (dichotomised variable) and their relatives (2) unplanned hospital admissions and emergency room/service contacts (3) Empowerment of the patients (4) Quality of life of the patients (5) Satisfaction with the care At population level, the following secondary endpoints are considered on the basis on health insurance claims data from the AOK Hessen: (6) Number of rescue service transports (7) Prescription of tumour-specific therapies in the last six weeks of life (8) Proportion of palliative medication in the total medication of a patient (9) Time before death of a patient at which SAPV, AAPV and palliative services of regular outpatient care were used for the first time (10) Total therapy costs At the organisational level, the following secondary endpoints are recorded: (11) Inter-professional cooperation (12) Organisational health literacy (13) Continuity of supply	—

Measure

Time frame

The following secondary endpoints are recorded at the patient level: (1) Need for support and information of patients (dichotomised variable) and their relatives (2) unplanned hospital admissions and emergency room/service contacts (3) Empowerment of the patients (4) Quality of life of the patients (5) Satisfaction with the care At population level, the following secondary endpoints are considered on the basis on health insurance claims data from the AOK Hessen: (6) Number of rescue service transports (7) Prescription of tumour-specific therapies in the last six weeks of life (8) Proportion of palliative medication in the total medication of a patient (9) Time before death of a patient at which SAPV, AAPV and palliative services of regular outpatient care were used for the first time (10) Total therapy costs At the organisational level, the following secondary endpoints are recorded: (11) Inter-professional cooperation (12) Organisational health literacy (13) Continuity of supply

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBeate Paschen

Arbeitskreis Klinische Studien e. V.

Beate.Paschen@akstudien.de069 560056240

Outcome results

None listed

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