Cancer Disease, Palliative Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
cancer disease, palliative care, palliative therapy, cancer, patient´s needs, patient care, disease burden
Brief summary
The aim of this non-investigational study is to determine the symptoms and disease burden at the time point of diagnosis and in the further course of an incurable cancer disease. The needs and preferences of patients suffering from cancer (ovarian carcinoma, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, cancer of the hepatobiliary system, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer) are examined by various validated questionnaires. The data obtained by these questionnaires are collected together with information obtained by the treating physicians at four time points during the study: t0 - patient´s enrollment, at the moment of diagnosis and before the start of tumor therapy, respectively; T1 - 3 months after patient´s enrollment; T2 - 6 months after patient´s enrollment; T3 - 12 months after patient´s enrollment. This highly innovative project offers the chance to identify medical services deficits and risk circumstances for the burden of treatments in an oncology-palliative setting and to optimize the quality of patient care.
Interventions
Sponsors
Florian Lordick, MD
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Incurable cancer disease: ovarian carcinoma, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, cancer of the hepatobiliary system, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer * signed and dated Inform Consent Form * Age ≥ 18 years
Exclusion criteria
* Patient is not able to understand and to answer questions * Patient is in a critical health situation and is directly threatened due to cancer disease or the resulting complications
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from Baseline Patient´s answers regarding symptom burden at 12 months | 12 months after enrollment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from Baseline physician´s report at 12 months | 12 months after enrollment |
| Change from Baseline Patient´s answers regarding symptom burden at 6 months | 6 months after enrollment |
| Change from Baseline physician´s report at 6 months | 6 months after enrollment |
| Change from Baseline Patient´s answers regarding symptom burden at 3 months | 3 months after enrollment |
| Change from Baseline physician´s report at 3 months | 3 months after enrollment |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed