Cancer upper GI tract malignancy
Conditions
Interventions
Early outpatient consultation of the PACT and creating aadvance care plan for
current and future health care providers.
Sponsors
Isala Klinieken
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: To be part of the study, patients must meet the following criteria: - Patients with a minimum age of 18 years. - Patients have given permission through informed consent. - Patients diagnosed with a non-curable upper gastrointestinal tract malignancy in an outpatient setting. - Estimated life expectancy less than one year. - Outpatient visit with internist oncologist to discuss system-oriented therapy. - Intervention takes place within one month of determination of not curable illness.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with the following criteria may not be part of the study: - Patients with limited cognitive function. This includespatients with cognitive or psychiatric co-morbidity and patients with brain metastases in which cognitive functions are affected.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome measure is the number of days admitted to the hospital after three months after inclusion. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures are the number of admissions, the average length of admission, the number of emergency room visits, the number of contact moments with the specialized nurse, the quality of life of the patient (EORTC QLQ-C30), the quality of life of relatives (EDIZ) and the satisfaction of fellow practitioners (scale from 0 to 10) after one month and three months after inclusion. In addition, the number of days admitted to the hospital after one month after inclusion, the survival and the place of death in relation to the wished place of death. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed