Cross-sectional research of interaction and causal relationship among factors related to dyspnea in patients with cancer

Cross-sectional research of interaction and causal relationship among factors related to dyspnea in patients with cancer - Cross-sectional research of interaction and causal relationship among factors related to dyspnea in patients with cancer

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000038820

Enrollment

200

Registered

2019-12-09

Start date

2019-12-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Cancer

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Advanced cancer patients with dyspnea NRS more than 3 related to cancer 2. Patients older than 20 years old 3. Patients with informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who can not fill out questionnaires 2. Patients who use ventilator 3. Patients with dyspnea mainly caused by other diseases than cancer (e.g., COPD, asthma, interstitial lung diseases, drug-induced lung injury, bacterial pneumonia)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Correlation and causal relationship among the following factors related to dyspnea in patients with cancer 1. Dyspnea(Numerical Rating Scale (NRS)) 2. ECOG PS 3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) Depression subscale 4. HADS Anxiety subscale 5. Somatosensory Amplification Scale 7. Cough(NRS) 8. Pain(NRS) 9. Use of regular opioids for dyspnea 10. Existence of respiratory failure	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Patient characteristics 1. Age 2. Gender 3. SpO2 4. Type of cancer 5. Smoking history 6. The type and dose of opioid over 24 hours before enrollment 7. The causes of dyspnea 8. Palliative Prognostic Index Patients' subjective interpretation of dyspnea 1. Psychosomatic status during dyspnea 2. The way of self management to improve dyspnea	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYoshinobu Matsuda

National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Supportive and Palliative Care Team

matsuda.yoshinobu.tx@mail.hosp.go.jp0722523021

Outcome results