Effects of Palliative Care on Quality of Life and Symptom Control in Patients With Stage IIIB or Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer That Cannot Be Removed by Surgery
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Conditions studied: Lung Cancer
In brief
RATIONALE: Palliative care may be more effective than standard care in improving quality of life and symptoms in patients with lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effects of palliative care on quality of life and symptom control in patients with stage IIIB or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00823732
- Run by
- City of Hope Medical Center
- People needed
- 280
- Starts
- 2008-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-11-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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