Clinical trial · Interventional
Palliative Care in Improving Quality of Life in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pancreatic Cancer
Feasibility of an Interdisciplinary Palliative Care Planning Intervention in Pancreatic Cancer
- 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)
This pilot clinical trial studies a palliative care program in improving the quality of life of patients with newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer. Palliative care is care given to patients who have a serious or life-threatening disease, and focuses on managing disease symptoms, side effects of treatment or the disease, and improving patient quality of life. Studying a palliative care program used for other types of cancer may help doctors learn whether it can improve the quality of life of patients with pancreatic cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage IIA Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IIB Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage III Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palliative Therapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Psychosocial Assessment and Care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care (PCPI intervention)
- description
- Patients receive a handbook titled "Supporting You During Cancer Treatment" with educational material on QOL issues. Patients undergo 2 education sessions on handbook material in-person or by telephone, with session 1 focusing on physical and social well-being issues and session 2 focusing on psychological and spiritual well-being issues. At the beginning of each session, patients select 3 priority topics from a list, and content is tailored to patient needs.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Psychosocial Assessment and Care
- Other: Palliative Therapy
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Reasons for refusal to participate
- timeFrame
- Up to 2 months
- description
- Descriptive statistics will be provided.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Pathologically confirmed, new diagnosis of borderline resectable, locally advanced resectable/unresectable, or metastatic pancreatic cancer * Patients who are scheduled to receive treatments (neoadjuvant therapy, surgery, adjuvant therapy, or palliative chemotherapy) at City of Hope (COH) * All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study
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