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Standard Care With or Without Early Palliative Care Provided by Palliative Care Specialist in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Sponsor: Mahidol University
Summary
Early palliative care has been shown to improve the survival of advanced lung cancer patients. However, most of the clinical studies were performed in the era when systemic treatment options for this disease were limited. Currently, many effective treatment options are available, including targeted therapy and immunotherapy. These novel agents improve the treatment outcomes while having less toxicity compared to conventional chemotherapy. Moreover, medical oncologists are now trained to provide palliative care for patients. This study was designed to demonstrate whether early palliative care provided by the palliative care specialist still improves the quality of life or survival of advanced lung cancer patients compared to standard care provided by the medical oncologist.
Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard Care With or Without Early Palliative Care Provided by Palliative Care Specialist in Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
104
Start Date
2024-04-02
Completion Date
2027-04
Last Updated
2025-01-22
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Early palliative care integration
The patients will attend palliative care clinic once a month during the first three months together with routine oncology clinic visits
Standard systemic treatment for advanced lung cancer
Standard systemic treatment for advanced lung cancer
Locations (1)
Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand