Pre-terminal Cancer Clinical Trial
Official title:
Empower the Heart of Patients With Terminal Cancer Using Cardiac Medicines Trial - EMPATICC (INCOR1)
The pathophysiological implications of various cancer diseases and anti-cancer therapies is the occurrence of a cardiac disease-like phenotype with cardiac dysfunction, cardiac wasting, and cardiac homeostasis changes (incl. fibrosis and apoptosis) in end-stage cancer patients, causing heart failure like syndrome with development of congestion, dyspnoea and severely reduced physical functioning. The present trial aims to evaluate, if a heart failure medication improves the self-care ability and self-reported health care status of patients with pre-terminal cancer in palliative care.
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