Prognosis of Inpatients Evaluated for Palliative Radiotherapy (PROGRAD)

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02312791

NP 683/2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Understanding patient's prognosis is of utmost importance to determine radiotherapy's indication and dose/ fractionation. The investigators plan to conduct an observational study of prognosis of inpatients evaluated for palliative radiotherapy at a large cancer hospital in Brazil.

Enrollment: 362 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All inpatients evaluated for palliative radiation therapy at ICESP (Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo)

Exclusion criteria

• Inpatients evaluated whose intent of treatment is curative
• Patients who are unwilling to participate in the study or unwilling to sign informed consent

Trial design

362 participants in 1 patient group

Palliative Patients

Description:

Inpatients evaluated for palliative radiation therapy.