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Half of all cancer patients experience cachexia, with the prevalence rising above 80% in the last weeks of life. The cancer cachexia is a complex relational experience which involves the dyads patients-families. There are no studies on psychosocial interventions on dyads associated with rehabilitative interventions, to support more functional relationships to the management of cancer cachexia. Primary objective: to evaluate the feasibility of a psycho-educational intervention combined with a physiotherapy intervention on the dyads. Secondary objective: improvement of the Quality of Life of dyads, acceptability of the intervention, adherence to each of the two components. Methods: non-pharmacological interventional perspective, mixed-method study, addressed to a consecutive 30 cancer patients with cachexia and irreversible cachexia and their caregivers assisted by Hospital Palliative Care Unit.


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NCT number NCT04153019
Study type Interventional
Source Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date March 1, 2019
Completion date September 30, 2021

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