Clinical trial · Interventional
Feasibility of Dignity Therapy Intervention on Cancer Patients in Charge to an Hospital Palliative Care Unit.
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Dignity Therapy Intervention on Palliative Care Program's Cancer Patients Referring to a Medical Oncology Ward.
NCT04738305CI-TRIAL-00049922completedN/AClinicalTrials.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)
Aim of the study was to asses feasibility and acceptability of a nurse delivered Dignity Therapy (DT) intervention on advanced cancer patients referring to an Hospital palliative care unit. To achieve this aim a mixed-method approach using before and after evaluation and semi-structured interviews has been used.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 |
| Dignity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dignity Therapy | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Dignity Therapy Intervention
- description
- All the patients that accepted to participate in the study were provided with Dignity Therapy Intervention. A short-term intervention aimed at reducing existential distress of patients facing with advanced illness.
- interventionNames
- Other: Dignity Therapy
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Enrollment rate
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- The number of participants who sign the informed consent form divided by the number who are asked to participate in the study
- measure
- Retention rate
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- The number of participants who performed the post intervention assesment divided by the number of enrolled one.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * advanced cancer patients * over 3 months life expectancy * referring to hospital palliative care unit * performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group - ECOG) between 0 and 2 * awareness of being affected by an incurable cancer * cognitive ability to read, understand and fill in a questionnaire in Italian * willing and able to give written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * \< 18 years old
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDChochinov HM. Terapia della dignità: parole per il tempo che rimane. Il pensiero scientifico, 2015.
- DERIVEDNunziante F, Tanzi S, Alquati S, Autelitano C, Bedeschi E, Bertocchi E, Dragani M, Simonazzi D, Turola E, Braglia L, Masini L, Di Leo S. Providing dignity therapy to patients with advanced cancer: a feasibility study within the setting of a hospital palliative care unit. BMC Palliat Care. 2021 Aug 16;20(1):129. doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00821-3. PMID 34399737