lung cancer
Conditions
Interventions
The attending physician will follow-up items of two points from 1 with OPTIM published"
STEP palliative care"
. Attending physician to perform the consultation the PCT if the patient'
s symptoms were exacerbated. Palliative care team to follow-up items four points from three. Patients make an appointment with the palliative physician, Palliative physician to determine the contents
Sponsors
Yokohama Municipal Citizen Hospital Department of Palliative Medicine
Yokohama Municipal Citizens Hospital Department of Respiratory Palliative Medicine Yokohama Municipal Citizens Hospital Department of Medical Oncology Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients 20 years old or more. 2.Newly diagnosed patients with stage 4 lung cancer. 3.PS of Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group is 0 to 3. 4.Patients can be expected survival of more than a month.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.There is a depression at the start of the test time is patient. 2. It is not possible for the patient to understand Japanese. 3.Patient is not able to visit once a month to our hospital. 4.If the attending physician was deemed inappropriate to participate in the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint is the difference between the QOL that was assessed by the EORTC QLQ c-15-PAL after 12 weeks after the start of the test and at the beginning of the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoint is the change of each QOL item and an evaluation of QOL by the patients was compared with its estimation by the attending physicians. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTaro Yokoyama
Yokohama Municipal Citizen Hospital Department of Palliative Medicine
Outcome results
None listed