Aggressiveness of Care at the End of Life in Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT00980122

Last Updated: 2010-04-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-03-31

Brief Summary

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Cancer is the commonest cause of death in Singapore, and many cancer deaths occur in hospital.

Management of cancer patients is getting more complex with constant development of new drugs, interventional procedures and supportive measures. Despite this, the majority of advanced cancer patients will die from their disease or related complications.

There is a lack of data on the utilisation of health resources in advanced cancer patients in this country. In this study the investigators ask themselves how aggressive care was in the last 3 months of the patient's life. The investigators will be collecting data on specific cancer treatments, interventional procedures, and supportive measures.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Advanced Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Advanced cancer patients who passed away as an inpatient in NUH, under the department of Haematology Oncology.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with haematologic malignancies.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National University Hospital, Singapore

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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National University Hospital, Singapore

Locations

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National University Hospital

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore

References

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Braga S, Miranda A, Fonseca R, Passos-Coelho JL, Fernandes A, Costa JD, Moreira A. The aggressiveness of cancer care in the last three months of life: a retrospective single centre analysis. Psychooncology. 2007 Sep;16(9):863-8. doi: 10.1002/pon.1140.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17245696 (View on PubMed)

Cintron A, Hamel MB, Davis RB, Burns RB, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP. Hospitalization of hospice patients with cancer. J Palliat Med. 2003 Oct;6(5):757-68. doi: 10.1089/109662103322515266.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14622455 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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MC05/30/07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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