Emergency Department-Based Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer Patients

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Advanced Cancer, Metastatic Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to: 1) identify the palliative care needs of Emergency Department patients with advanced cancer, and determine if these needs can be rapidly assessed in the ED; 2) determine whether early palliative care consultation improves survival, quality of life and other burdensome symptoms and decreases utilization as compared to usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01358110

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

136

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 18 years age
• Speak English or Spanish
• ED patient with an advanced solid malignancy

You may not qualify if…

• Have already been seen by palliative care team
• Cognitive deficits
• Children or adolescents
• No confirmed history of active cancer
• Do not speak English or Spanish
• Reside outside the US

Where it is running

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States

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