The Use of Alternative Medicine by Palliative Care Patients

The Use of Complementary Medicine in Palliative/Supportive Care Centres in Lyon, France

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03260946

Enrollment

120

Registered

2017-08-24

Start date

2017-07-11

Completion date

2018-05-03

Last updated

2018-09-24

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Conditions

Cancer, Terminal Cancer

Brief summary

Palliative care centres in Lyon, France as well as the disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and conventional healthcare use to conventional and Complementary and Alternative Medicine practitioners respectively. These aims will be achieved through the following objectives: 1. Describe the prevalence of Complementary and Alternative Medicine practitioner and product use in the outpatient population of palliative care centres in Lyon, France 2. Describe the characteristics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine users the outpatient population of palliative care centres in Lyon, France 3. Estimate the Complementary and Alternative Medicine expenditure of the outpatient population of palliative care centres in Lyon, France 4. Describe the rates of disclosure of both Complementary and Alternative Medicine and conventional health care to health professionals by the outpatient population of palliative care centres in Lyon, France 5. Describe the reasons for disclosure or non-disclosure of both Complementary and Alternative Medicine and conventional health care to health professionals by the outpatient population of palliative care centres in Lyon, France

Interventions

OTHERComplementary medicine use

The prevalence of complementary medicine use

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients accessing care from a palliative/supportive care centre in Lyon, France 2. Can read and understand French 3. Has been diagnosed with cancer

Exclusion criteria

1. The primary health condition for which they are attending the centre is not cancer 2. They are not able to read and understand French

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Complementary medicine use	15 minutes	The prevalence of complementary medicine use. Data collected using a questionnaire.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026