Prognosis of Patient Evaluated for Palliative Radiotherapy (PROPER)

Tuen Mun Hospital

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Radiotherapy

Cancer

Treatments

Radiation: palliative radiotherapy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03797755

NTWC_Onc_2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many patients with incurable cancer will receive palliative oncological treatment before their death, and radiotherapy (RT) is an important element of this. The aim of palliative RT is to alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life. An accurate and practical survival prediction model for metastatic cancer patient receiving palliative RT can assist the decision making (ranging from best supportive treatment alone for expected short survival, to dose escalation for potential better disease control).

The available survival prediction models (such Survival Prediction Score using Number of Risk Factors by Chow et al and TEACHH model) have been developed in the Western world. We therefore perform a prospective observational study 1) to assess the overall survival of patients evaluated for palliative RT at a tertiary hospital in Hong Kong, and 2) to validate the prognostic score systems in our population.

Enrollment

450 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All adult patients with stage IV cancer who are referred for palliative RT in Tuen Mun Hospital, including both inpatients and outpatients.

Exclusion criteria

Patients who have received palliative RT before (i.e. not the first course palliative RT), have non-metastatic disease, are misclassified as palliative patients.