Early Intervention vs. Standard Palliative Care in Improving End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer Patients

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Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Palliative care may help patients with advanced cancer live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying an early intervention palliative care program to see how well it works compared to a standard care program in improving end-of-life care in patients with advanced lung , gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00253383

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

329

Starts

2003-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction — White River Junction, Vermont, United States

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