Clinical trial · Interventional
Prognostic Counselling in Palliative Head and Neck Cancer (ProCoPall)
Individualized Prognostic Counseling on Life Expectancy of Head and Neck Cancer Patients in the Palliative Phase
NCT06699316CI-TRIAL-00082847ProCoPallactive not recruitingN/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)
The investigators test the effect of providing individualized prognostic information on life-expectancy to head and neck cancer patients in the palliative phase.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck | Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individualized prognostic counselling | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Cohort 1
- description
- Current general counselling on life expectancy
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cohort 2
- description
- Individualized prognostic counselling on life expectancy
- interventionNames
- Other: Individualized prognostic counselling
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Decisional conflict
- timeFrame
- 2 weeks
- description
- Decisional conflict (DC) will be assessed using the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS) questionnaire, reported two weeks after the consultation in which the palliative diagnosis is shared. The overall score can range from 0 (no DC) to 100 (extremely high DC). A score of ≥25 is considered the cutoff for clinically significant decisional conflict.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who received a palliative diagnosis of a squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, supraglottic larynx, glottis larynx and unknown primary. Exclusion Criteria: * Illiterate patients * Insufficient knowledge of Dutch language * Incompetent (due to i.e. mental state) to consider their own treatment choice
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDvan den Besselaar BN, Sewnaik A, Dorr MC, Hoesseini A, Hardillo JA, Baatenburg de Jong RJ, Offerman MPJ. A study protocol for individualized prognostic counselling in the palliative phase. BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Jan 10;24(1):9. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01647-z. PMID 39794711