Observational Study of Early Contact With Palliative Care Unit for Patients Receiving First Line Palliative Chemotherapy With Cancer in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal, or Second Line Palliative Chemotherapy in Patients With Colorectal Cancer - an Open, Randomised Investigator Initiated Trial. (ALLAN)

Lund University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tumor in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal or Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Contact with palliative care unit.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02246725

MS01

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this trial, patients with cancer in the upper gastrointestinal canal who are going to receive first line palliative chemotherapy and patients with colorectal cancer who are going to receive second line palliative chemotherapy will be included. Participating patients will be randomized between early contact with a palliative care unit, or contact with a palliative care unit when needed. The objectives with the trial is to investigate if an early establishment with a palliative care unit will have a positive impact on the patients quality of life, this also applies for the nearest relative, survival, and if a difference in numbers of chemotherapy cycles can be detected.

Enrollment: 108 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with tumor in upper gastrointestinal canal, who is going to start treatment with first line palliative chemotherapy
• Patients with colorectal cancer, who is going to start treatment with second line palliative chemotherapy
• Signed written informed concent

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with neuroendocrine tumor
• Patients with already ongoing chemotherapy
• Patients with already established contact with palliative care unit

Trial design

108 participants in 1 patient group

Contact with palliative care unit versus contact when needed.

Treatment:

Other: Contact with palliative care unit.