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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02266069
Other study ID # UA C130298
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received October 10, 2014
Last updated November 27, 2017
Start date October 2014
Est. completion date December 2016

Study information

Verified date November 2017
Source Universiteit Antwerpen
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

It is important to provide high quality palliative care to all patients with a non-curable and life-limiting condition. The Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care (CPPPC) provides tools for health care professionals to help them delivering palliative care timely and accurately.This study investigates whether the implementation of the CPPPC really helps to improve patients' lifes.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 24
Est. completion date December 2016
Est. primary completion date December 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 45 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- identified as a palliative care patient using the Surprise Question "Would you, as a family doctor, be surprised if this patient would die in the next 12 months?". If the answer is 'no', the patient is eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- not having signed the informed consent.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Care Pathway for Primary Palliative Care
Early identification of palliative care patients, anticipatory care planning, systematic symptom assessment, interdisciplinary collaboration, rigorous follow-up of the functional status of the patient and giving attention to the informal care givers.

Locations

Country Name City State
Belgium Palliatieve Hulpverlening Antwerpen Antwerp
Belgium Palliabru Brussels-Capital Region
Belgium Netwerk Palliatieve Zorg Limburg Hasselt Limburg
Belgium Reliance Mons Hainaut

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Bert Leysen InterMutualistic Agency, Belgium, National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance, Belgium

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the percentage of deaths occurred in the hospital 6 months
Secondary cost of health care consumption in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the cost of health care consumption in the last year of life 6 months
Secondary consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of antibiotics in the last year of life 6 months
Secondary consumption of pain killers in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) The hypothesis is that the CPPPC augments the consumption of pain killers in the last year of life 6 months
Secondary consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life (of patients per family doctor/per research cluster) The hypothesis is that the CPPPC reduces the consumption of (invasive) diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the last year of life 6 months
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