Clinical trial · Observational
Information Needs Around Parenteral nUTrition in Cancer
What Information do Patients and Carers Need to Make an Informed Decision to Commence and Discontinue Parenteral Nutrition, in Advanced Cancer?
NCT04495530CI-TRIAL-00059678INPUTcompletedClinicalTrials.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)
This study will explore the information needs of patient's with advanced cancer, and their carers, when making a decision to commence or discontinue parenteral nutrition. Interviews will be conducted with both patients with advanced cancer, and their carers to determine the information they need to make a shared decision with the healthcare team.
Conditions
Conditions (7)
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 |
| End Stage Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignancy | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Terminal Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Tumor | Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-interventional study | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Patient
- description
- Patients will be considering commencing or discontinuing parenteral nutrition, or will be receiving home parenteral nutrition
- interventionNames
- Other: Non-interventional study
- label
- Carer
- description
- Carers will be those caring for a patient with advanced cancer who is considering commencing or discontinuing parenteral nutrition, or already receiving parenteral nutrition. Carers will also be recruited if they previously cared for a person with advanced cancer receiving parenteral nutrition in the last 12 months
- interventionNames
- Other: Non-interventional study
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The type of information that patients and carers need to make an informed decision to commence or discontinue parenteral nutrition
- timeFrame
- Through completion of study; expected 1 year
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults aged 18 years and over * Fluent English speaker * Is aware of diagnosis of advanced cancer * Patient considering starting PN, is currently receiving PN or has previously received PN OR * Carer of a patient considering, receiving or who has received PN * NHS patient * Assessed as having capacity to give consent and participate * Current patient at one of the recruiting hospital sites Exclusion Criteria: * Private patients
References
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