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Brief Title: Assessment of Disease Burden and Palliative Care Needs of Patients During the Course of Incurable Cancer Disease
Official Title: Assessment of Disease Burden and Palliative Care Needs of Patients During the Course of Incurable Cancer Disease
Study ID: NCT02751723
Brief Summary: The aim of this non-investigational study is to determine the symptoms and disease burden at the time point of diagnosis and in the further course of an incurable cancer disease. The needs and preferences of patients suffering from cancer (ovarian carcinoma, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, lung cancer, stomach cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, cancer of the hepatobiliary system, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer) are examined by various validated questionnaires. The data obtained by these questionnaires are collected together with information obtained by the treating physicians at four time points during the study: t0 - patient´s enrollment, at the moment of diagnosis and before the start of tumor therapy, respectively; T1 - 3 months after patient´s enrollment; T2 - 6 months after patient´s enrollment; T3 - 12 months after patient´s enrollment. This highly innovative project offers the chance to identify medical services deficits and risk circumstances for the burden of treatments in an oncology-palliative setting and to optimize the quality of patient care.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
UCCL, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Municipal Hospital Braunschweig, Braunschweig, , Germany
Internal medicine practice, Burgwedel, , Germany
Municipal Hospital Essen-Mitte, Essen, , Germany
University of Essen, Essen, , Germany
University of Göttingen, Göttingen, , Germany
University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, , Germany
Medical University Hanover, Hanover, , Germany
Clinic for Thoraric Diseases (Thoraxklinik), Heidelberg, , Germany
Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, , Germany
University of Leipzig, ENT, Leipzig, , Germany
Hospital Leverkusen, Leverkusen, , Germany
Municipal Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, , Germany
University of Mainz, Mainz, , Germany
Maria Hilf Clinic, Mönchengladbach, , Germany
Radiotherapy practice, Recklinghausen, , Germany
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, , Germany
Hospital Südstadt Rostock, Rostock, , Germany
Immanuel Hospital Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf, , Germany
Hospital Traunstein, Traunstein, , Germany
Comprehensive Cancer Centre Main-Franken, Würzburg, , Germany
Name: Florian Lordick, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: University of Leipzig
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Name: Bend Alt-Epping, PD Dr.
Affiliation: University of Göttingen
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Name: Anja Mehnert, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: University of Leipzig
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Name: Birgitt van Oorschot, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: Comprehensive Cancer Centre Main-Franken, Würzburg
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Name: Michael Thomas, Prof. Dr.
Affiliation: Heidelberg University
Role: STUDY_CHAIR