Clinical trial · Observational
Palliative Care in General Practice: Cancer Patient/Carer Experience
Palliative Care in General Practice: Cancer Patients' and Carers' Experience of Their General Practitioner's (GP's) Role
- 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)
Study Title: Palliative care in general practice: cancer patients' and carers' experience of their GP's role Study Design: Qualitative interview study Study Participants: Adult patients with cancer and palliative care needs, accompanied by their carers Planned Sample Size: Up to 30 interviews with patients +/- their carers Planned Study Period: October 2017 - December 2018 Research Question: What experience do adults with cancer, and carers, have of their GP's involvement in palliative care provision?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualitative interview | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Participants
- description
- Cancer patients with palliative care needs (+/- their carers)
- interventionNames
- Other: Qualitative interview
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- To explore the experience/perspectives of adults with cancer, and carers, of the role of their GP in providing palliative care, using a qualitative semi-structured interview schedule
- timeFrame
- October 2017 - December 2018
- description
- To explore patients' and carers' experience of: 1. The role of the GP in providing palliative care to adult patients with cancer 2. The facilitators and barriers to the GP's capacity to fulfill this perceived role
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion criteria for participants * Patients either attending the St Joseph's Hospice day centre or being visited at home by their community specialist palliative care nursing/medical team and their carers * Adult patients with a cancer diagnosis and their carers * Able to understand and communicate in written and spoken English * With mental and physical capacity to consent Exclusion criteria for participants * Paediatric patients * Patients without a cancer diagnosis * Unable to understand written or spoken English * Without mental and physical capacity to consent
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