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Survey of Palliative care physicians from Latin America and Spain

10-15 minute online survey to assess palliative care physicians' attitudes, beliefs and practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life in Latin America and Spain.

Survey

Isabel Torres, MPH, DRPH

The purpose of this study is to assess palliative care physicians' attitudes, beliefs and practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life in Latin America and Spain.

Objectives:

1. To assess palliative care physicians' attitudes, beliefs and practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life in Latin America and Spain.
2. To assess cross-national differences in practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life. (Latin America vs. Spain).
3. To determine the percentage of physicians who practice parenteral hydration at the end-of-life in the hospital setting and the home setting.
4. To examine the association between providers' parenteral hydration practice patterns and:

   * 1. provider demographic characteristics;
   * 2. specific characteristics of their practice settings; and
   * 3. training and experience in end of life care;
5. To determine which factors most predict the practice of parenteral hydration at the end of life among palliative care physicians.

This study is a collaboration between MD Anderson's Departments of Palliative care and Rehabilitation Medicine, Health Disparities Research, the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (ALCP) and the Spanish Society for Palliative Care (SECPAL). The proposed study involves a 10-15 minute online survey of palliative care physicians from Latin America and Spain to assess their attitudes, beliefs and practice patterns related to parenteral hydration at the end of life.

Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain

Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain: A Survey of Physicians Affiliated With the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (ALCP) and the Spanish Society for Palliative Care (SECPAL)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Neoplasms

Blood and Lymph Conditions

Behaviors and Mental Disorders

Rare Diseases

Leukemia

Leukemia, Myeloid

Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Hematologic Diseases

Quality of Life

Myeloid Leukemia

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute Non Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute Graft Versus Host Disease

The study population will consist of approximately 150 patients over 60 with AML diagnosis according to WHO 2016 criteria.

Montserrat Rafel, RML Advocacy

Prospective, multicenter, observational, national study (EPA-SP) that aims to describe the survival and the quality of life, the clinical management strategies and the prognostic factors for survival related to the patient, in a prospective cohort of patients over 60 with AML diagnosis in Spain and treated outside of clinical trials; that is, under conditions of standard clinical practice.

The study will last 24 months in total from the inclusion of the first patient until the end of the last patient's follow-up

Following the baseline enrolment visit, the following data corresponding to the patient's visits scheduled according to routine clinical practice will be collected in accordance with the following model:

1. Recruitment period: One year of recruitment period, data collection at the baseline visit, every 3 months in one year (month 3, 6, 9 and 12).
2. Follow-up period: data collection at the baseline visit, every 3 months in one year (month 3, 6, 9 and 12).

The patient clinical history and the study´s questionnaires will be the source documents. The study will be carried out in the facilities of the Hematology and Hemotherapy Services of the participating centers, collecting the conditions of medical action according to the standard clinical practice.

Being an observational study, no intervention out of standard clinical practice will be performed. No additional diagnostic or treatment procedures will be applied for the patients.

Survival in Patients Older Than 60 Years With Newly Diagnosed AML in Spain

Prospective Observational Study on Overall Survival and Quality of Life in Patients Older Than 60 Years With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis in Spain, Treated According to Standard Clinical Practice

The overall survival will be calculated, defined as the time from the diagnosis date to the death date from any reason. In patients who have not died (censored) at the time of data collection, it will be considered the available time to the last control (or last date). The overall survival will be analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, providing the median at 95% CI. Patients who undergo a hematopoietic transplant will be censored at that time.

The Kaplan Meier curve, with the median and the lower and upper limits of the 95% confidence interval, will be reported.

A description of the study socio-demographic and clinical variables will be made. The distributions of absolute and relative frequencies of the qualitative variables will be reported, as well as the measures of central and dispersion tendency of the quantitative variables. A 95% CIs will be obtained for the main variables.

A description of the variables that characterize the disease under study will be made. The distributions of absolute and relative frequencies of the qualitative variables will be reported, as the measures of central tendency and dispersion of the quantitative variables. A 95% CIs will be obtained for the main variables.

The frequency distributions for the first lines of treatment will be presented, as well as the rate distribution of the most frequent treatment sequences and their evolution. It will be reported the descriptive statistics period of the first treatment lines.

Descriptive statistics will be reported for each of the five dimensions at every period of application of the EQ-5D, so as an overall lineal model of repeated measures for the VAS.

The t-test will be used to evaluate the impact of the initial leukocyte count on early mortality (dichotomous variable minus death or not in the first 8 weeks). The stratified analysis with the same approach will be done for treatments that achieve a sufficient sample.

A Cox regression model will be made considering the patient survival as a dependent variable and as possible factors the subjective variables (asthenia and HRQOL) at the time of diagnosis, the patient's general condition, and any other clinical variable that is evaluated as possible predictor. No more than 10 independent variables will be included in the model for theoretical reasons.

The therapeutic approach will be collected according to the investigator clinical judgment, the score of each of the items on the Lee and GAH scales and the treatment administered tolerability assessment according to the score obtained in each scale. The weighting coefficients will be calculated using a complete multiple linear regression model and a multiple logistic regression. The optimal cut points for use as a predictive tool for treatment tolerability will be determined by using the ROC curve technique.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain	NCT01011140	Dehydration Advanced Cancer...	Survey	18 Years -	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain	NCT01011140	Dehydration Advanced Cancer...	Survey	18 Years -	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Survival in Patients Older Than 60 Years With Newly Diagnosed AML in Spain	NCT03435341	Leukemia, Myelo...		60 Years -	Celgene
Survival in Patients Older Than 60 Years With Newly Diagnosed AML in Spain	NCT03435341	Leukemia, Myelo...		60 Years -	Celgene
Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain	NCT01011140	Dehydration Advanced Cancer...	Survey	18 Years -	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

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