Clinical trial · Observational
Surgical Procedures for Advanced Tumor Disease. A Prospective Study Evaluating Quality of Life
NCT01367795CI-TRIAL-00017292completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Patients in a known palliative setting and with localized symptoms due to tumor growth will be evaluated for their quality of life before and after a surgical intervention (primary endpoint). Medical outcome in terms of length of stay in hospital, length of stay on a intensive care unit, complications, reinterventions will be recorded (secondary endpoints). The investigators will also observe patients with conservative treatment.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- palliative tumor disease
- description
- Patients in a known palliative setting with symptoms due to tumor growth.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of life 4 weeks after palliative surgery
- timeFrame
- 4 weeks after palliative surgery
- description
- Quality of life will be measured by the questionnaire EORTC-QLQ-C30 (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life).
Secondary outcomes (4)
- measure
- duration of stay in hospital
- timeFrame
- Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks
- measure
- duration of stay in an intensive care unit
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * informed consent * tumor patients within a known palliative situation, patients do know about the absence of a curative treatment * patients are symptomatic because of localized tumor growth * patients having an operation for symptom relief or treated without surgery Exclusion Criteria: * patients with an only intraoperatively seen palliative tumor disease * debulking operations, prophylactic operations for prevention of symptoms, operations for venous access (an exception will be made for enteric bypass operations in patients with a yet preserved passage) * dementia, age ≤ 18, barrier of speech
References
Publications (0)
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