Clinical trial · Observational
Prospective Cohort Study Depending on the Use of Palliative Care for Advanced Stage of Cancer Patients
Change of Quality of Life, Treatment Decision and Utilization of Health Care Depending on the Use of Palliative Care in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Advanced Stage of Cancer: a Prospective Cohort Study
- 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 study evaluates the change of quality of life, treatment decision and utilization of health care depending on the use of palliative care in advanced cancer patients by a prospective cohort study. Participants will be separated into different groups by their intentions for using palliative care. Every participant will carry out the questionnaire per 3 months. This cohort study will be ended a year after each participant enrolls. However, if the participant didn't survive during this study, the caregivers will be asked to fill out additional questionnaire after 3 months of the death.
Conditions
Conditions (12)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biliary Cancer Metastatic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignant Hematologic Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor | Childhood Brain Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Pediatric Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.85 |
| Pediatric Lymphoma | Childhood Lymphoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Pediatric Solid Tumor | Childhood Solid Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Stage IV Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IV Colon Cancer | Malignant Colon Neoplasm |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early palliative care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Routine hospice care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (5)
- label
- Early palliative care for adult
- description
- Being referred to palliative care team before totally terminating their chemotherapy among adult participants.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Early palliative care
- Behavioral: Routine hospice care
- label
- Routine hospice care for adult
- description
- Being referred to palliative care team when their last chemotherapy is ended among adult participants.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Routine hospice care
- label
- Unused palliative care for adult
- description
- haven't been under the palliative care among adult participants
- label
- Palliative care for pediatrics
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
\[Adult Patients\] Inclusion Criteria: * 19 years of age or older and diagnosed as cancer older than 19 years of age * Stage 4 of advanced Breast Cancer, Colon cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatobiliary cancer, lung cancer, Liver Cancer or Malignant hematologic neoplasm * Patients under one of the following status : 1) under the standard chemotherapy, 2) interrupted state of standard chemotherapy, 3) under the additional chemotherapy after standard chemotherapy, 4) terminating state of any chemotherapy yet expected to be survive more than 6 months. * who understand the purpose and method of the study and sign with informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * who are unable to participate due to poor cognitive capacity * who cannot read or understand Korean language * who are unable to complete surveys due to physical conditions \[Pediatric Patients\] Inclusion Criteria: * Who was diagnosed as pediatric cancer between 0-18 years of age. * Younger than 30 years of age * Patients under one of the following status : 1)recurrence after 2nd standard chemotherapy or without remission in leukemia, 2) recurrence after stem cell transplantation, 3) diagnosed as the cancer of poor prognosis : ATRT, glioblastoma multiforme, brainstem glioma etc. * Patients or their proxy understand the purpose and method of the study and sign with informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents of patient are unable to participate due to poor cognitive capacity * Parents of patient do not have legal responsibility or rights of the patient * Parents of patients cannot speak, read or understand Korean language
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDYun JY, Jung JY, Keam B, Lee NR, Kang JH, Kim YJ, Shim HJ, Jung KH, Koh SJ, Ryu H, Yoo SH, Kang E, Yun YH. Depression, performance status, and discontinued treatment mediate an association of curability belief with prognosis in advanced cancer patients. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 24;14(1):29098. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-80687-6. PMID 39582048