Assessment of a Tool for Decision Making in Case of Worsening Condition of Cancer Patients (CBP-Aggrav)

Grenoble Alpes University Hospital Center (CHU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Other: observational study

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02852629

CBP-AGGRAV_CIC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Observational two year study to evaluate the utility of a decision-support sheet on how to proceed in case of aggravation of a patient's condition with advanced disease.

Full description

Prospective and multicenter study conducted in the Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne area. All patients suffering from lung cancer admitted to a pulmonology unit in 2014 will be included. This document will be used if a decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment is decided. Investigators will assess the relationship between the planned intensity of care and those established when the patient develops an organ failure. Patient characteristics and factors associated with proposed levels and types of care will be analyzed. Patient and family opinions will be obtained after 3 months. The number of subjects is 468.

Enrollment: 483 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patient with lung cancer, hospitalized in pulmonology unit in one of the participating centers.
• Patient who requires a decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment
• One patient can be included at each hospitalization.

Exclusion criteria

• Minor patient
• Refusal of participation of the patient in the study