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Patient Having a CancerDANCT02634632

Assessments and Recommendations for the Implementation of Advance Directives in Oncology

A study testing Choosing to write advance directives in people with Patient Having a Cancer, run by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille at 1 site in France.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Legitimized by the Leonetti law of April 22, 2005, advance directives (AD) appear in various places of care that alongside the end of life, and even tend to be generalized to all areas related to health care in general. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Patient Having a Cancer
What is being tested?
Choosing to write advance directives
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
Dec 2015to Dec 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subject both sexes
  • Subject whose age is between 18 and 85 years
  • Subject with cancer
  • Subjects for which French is the native language, about having read, understood and signed the informed consent

Who cannot join

  • Subject minors or subjects aged over 85 years
  • Subject not including the French
  • Subject with neurological or psychiatric disorders prohibiting their understanding of the study
  • Subject private freedom following a judicial or administrative decision

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

DESALBRES Urielle, Director contact

0491382747

drci@ap-hm.fr

DHORNE Jean, Manager contact

0491381475

jean.dhorne@ap-hm.fr

France1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

    Marseille, 13354

    DESALBRES Urielle, Director, 0491382747, drci@ap-hm.fr

    BARLESI Fabrice, puph

    Recruiting

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About this study

Legitimized by the Leonetti law of April 22, 2005, advance directives (AD) appear in various places of care that alongside the end of life, and even tend to be generalized to all areas related to health care in general. In this context, a prospective study to assess how the patient will seize the AD and identify the different problems writing these AD will be conducted. From this study, it will establish recommendations for the implementation of AD in the Multidisciplinary Oncology Department and Therapeutic Innovations service and in oncology in general. They will be asked patients if they choose to write their AD, complete and sign the AD pre-written in the book or not to draft their AD. The choice of the patients, but also the reasons they associate thereto and, where appropriate, their AD written will be collected. The patient will also inform its demographic and socio the case report (clinical data) should be completed by the investigator. During the first part of research, the use of AD by patients and will be assessed and analyzed in connection with the characteristics of these patients (history of the disease, course of care, socio-demographic) and the reasons they set out to explain their choice. For those who write their AD, they will, in a second step, subject to thematic content analysis to identify the main aspects that the subject convened to consider its end of life.This research therefore lead to the definition of the contours of a user device AD in oncology in general. This study was qualified biomedical research because of the sensitive nature of the study population and bring the patient to personal preoccupations when filling the questionnaire on the choice of directing advance directives and their contents.

Being tested
Choosing to write advance directives

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Choosing to write advance directivesBehavioural

Study groups in NCT02634632
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Subjects with cancerExperimentalchoose to write advance directives
Receives: Behavioral: Choosing to write advance directives

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Evaluation the rate of use of advance directives

    survey

    Measured: 24 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Dec 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2015
  3. Primary completionDec 2017 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2017 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
100 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02634632
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015-22
Other IDs
2015-A00692-47, RCAPHM15_0141
Acronym
DA
Status last verified
Dec 2015
First submitted
16 Dec 2015
Last updated
21 Dec 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Choosing to write advance directives in people with Patient Having a Cancer, run by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Dec 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact DESALBRES Urielle, Director (0491382747, drci@ap-hm.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Evaluation the rate of use of advance directives (time frame: 24 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Dec 2015.

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