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DeprescribingDEPALNCT06193083

DEprescribing: Perceptions of PAtients Living With Advanced Cancer

An observational study of Deprescribing and Palliative Care, run by Nantes University Hospital at 8 sites in France.

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Trial summary

Polymedication in palliative oncology care is a real public health problem. This phenomenon has been shown to increase the risk of iatrogenesis, reduce patients' quality of life and increase healthcare costs. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Deprescribing, Palliative Care, Oncology
What is being tested?
Semi-directed individual interviews, The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQ and The self-administered FCCHL (Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy) / HLS14 (14-item health literacy scale)
How many people
325 participants
Where
8 sitesFrance
Study dates
28 Feb 2024to 4 Jun 2027
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: We'll be looking at major patients with "solid" cancer in a palliative situation (locally advanced or metastatic cancer, thus requiring palliative care as defined by the World Health Organization), who have at least one PIMs, followed up on an inpatient or outpatient basis, with a life expectancy estimated at less than 1 year by the doctor caring for the patient. To identify whether a patient has at least one PIMs, we will use the STOPPFrail 2 tool . This is a tool developed in geriatrics, validated for a population with an estimated life expectancy of less than 1 year, and which is not specific to oncology. Life expectancy of less than one year will be estimated by the question surprised by the doctor caring for the patient ("Would you be surprised if your patient died within a year?") . We will carry out a multicenter study in oncology and/or palliative care departments of hospitals located in western France.

Who may be able to join

  • Patient over 18 years of age
  • Locally advanced or metastatic solid cancer (i.e., palliative care as defined by the World Health Organization)
  • Life expectancy estimated by the physician at inclusion of less than 1 year (use of surprise question to help clinician estimate life expectancy)
  • Hospitalized or in consultation
  • With at least one PIMs (identified using STOPPfrail 2)
  • Patient not having expressed opposition to participating in the study after receiving information from the physician.
  • For qualitative study patients :
  • Patients who have signed an authorization for the recording of their voice during the semi-structured interview for the purpose of written transcription.

Who cannot join

  • Minor
  • Major under guardianship, protected person
  • Patient unable to speak or write French
  • Patient with impaired judgment, cognitive or sensory impairment that prevents him/her from receiving informed information, answering questionnaires or participating in a study interview.

Trial locations and contacts

8 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Adrien EVIN, MCU-PH contact

+33253482736

Adrien.EVIN@chu-nantes.fr

8 sites in 1 country

France8 sites, 8 recruiting
  • CHD Vendée

    La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000

    Caroline HENNION, PH, 0251446161, caroline.hennion@ght85.fr

    Not yet recruiting
  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    Lyon

    Guillaume ECONOMOS, 04 78 86 10 99, guillaume.economos@chu-lyon.fr

    Guillaume ECONOMOS, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU de Nantes

    Nantes, 44093

    Adrien EVIN, MCU-PH, +33253482736, adrien.evin@chu-nantes.fr

    Adrien EVIN, MCU-PH

    Recruiting
  • USP - Maison de Nicodème

    Nantes

    Benjamin CHARTIER, 02 28 24 24 65, benjamin.chartier@hstv.fr

    Benjamin CHARTIER, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • Hôpital Institut CURIE

    Paris, 75005

    Stéphanie TRAGER, +33156245500, stephanie.trager@curie.fr

    Stéphanie Träger

    Not yet recruiting
  • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

    Saint-Herblain, 44800

    Véronique BARBAROT, 0240679900, veronique.barbarot@ico.unicancer.fr

    BARBAROT Véronique

    Not yet recruiting
  • CH ST Nazaire

    Saint-Nazaire, 44600

    Virginie DESSUS-CHEVREL, 0272278000, v.dessus-chevrel@ch-saintnazaire.fr

    Virginie DESSUS-CHEVREL, PH

    Not yet recruiting
  • CHRU Tours

    Tours

    François CHAUMIER, 02 47 47 70 30 ext. +33, francois.chaumier@univ-tours.fr

    Not yet recruiting

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About this study

Official title: DEprescribing: Perceptions of PAtients Living With Advanced Cancer. A Multicentre, Prospective Mixed Observational Study

Polymedication in palliative oncology care is a real public health problem. This phenomenon has been shown to increase the risk of iatrogenesis, reduce patients' quality of life and increase healthcare costs. For many years, health policies have been developed in geriatrics to reduce polymedication through deprescription tools.

Recently, palliative care initiatives have been introduced, but without having studied the potential specificities of this population (younger, with a different care dynamic and life trajectory). It is important to better understand this population's perceptions of deprescribing in order to adapt tools/actions to make these approaches more efficient.

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The primary aim of this study is to investigate patients' perceptions of deprescribing in palliative cancer care, and the secondary aim is to investigate factors that may influence patients' attitudes and beliefs about deprescribing. At the same time, we will study the psychometric properties of the rPATD (Revised Patients' Attitudes Towards Deprescribing) in this population (a standardized questionnaire validated in geriatric medicine to assess patients' perceptions of deprescription).An ancillary study will be carried out to investigate the link between patients' health literacy and their perception of deprescribing (health literacy is defined as the ability to acquire, understand and use information in ways that promote and maintain good health).

To meet our objectives, we will conduct a 3-year national, prospective, observational, multicenter study with an exploratory sequential mixed design. The study will comprise an initial qualitative phase. Semi-directed individual interviews using a descriptive approach will be carried out (around 25 patients, over an 8-month period). Following analysis of the qualitative data, we will then carry out a quantitative study to determine the distribution of the different profiles within this population and the factors influencing the perception of deprescription. The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQ (medication beliefs questionnaire), potentially supplemented by other items following analysis of the qualitative data, will be administered to 300 patients (over a 12-month period).The ancillary study will be carried out during this second phase, using a validated self-questionnaire to assess patients' level of literacy.

Thanks to the different results, we will improve our knowledge of the perception of deprescription in palliative oncology care, in order to develop approaches adapted to the specificities of our population to reduce polymedication and thus improve the quality of life of our patients and reduce the risks of iatrogenia.

Being tested
Semi-directed individual interviews, The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQ, The self-administered FCCHL (Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy) / HLS14 (14-item health literacy scale)
Keywords
Deprescribing, Palliative care, Oncology
Medical subject headings
Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • Semi-directed individual interviewsOther

    Individual semi-structured interviews (descriptive approach methodology with reflexive thematic analysis)

  • The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQOther

    rPATD: The rPATD is a questionnaire validated and adapted in French to assess patients' perceptions of their treatments and deprescribing.

    This self-administered questionnaire consists of 22 questions rated on a 5-point Likert scale (scale from 1 to 5, at 1 the patient completely agrees with the questionnaire's proposal, at 5 the patient strongly disagrees with the questionnaire's proposal). Following the analysis of Phase 1 "Qualitative" of the protocol, three additional questions

    BMQ French version of the BMQ self-questionnaire, which studies patients' perceptions of medication .

    The Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire (BMQ) is an 18-item self-administered questionnaire designed to explore patient perceptions of medicine. It has been validated in French and is free to use.

    It comprises 10 items relating to specific beliefs about prescribed treatments:

    A 5-point Likert-type scale was used for each item. The higher the sum of the scores obtained, the stronger the subject's belief.

  • The self-administered FCCHL (Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy) / HLS14 (14-item health literacy scale)Other

    FCCHL (Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy)/HLS14 (14-item health literacy scale) (https://reflis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FCCHL-HLS14-Questionnaire-Litteratie-sante.pdf )

    Validated French-language self-administered questionnaire and consisting of14 items with a 5-point Likert scale for assessing health literacy :

    Functional literacy: basic reading and writing skills sufficient to function effectively in everyday situations Communicative or interactive literacy: more advanced cognitive and literacy skills that, combined with social skills, can be used to actively participate in everyday activities, extract information and meanings from different forms of communication, and apply new information to changing circumstances Critical literacy: more advanced cognitive skills which, combined with social skills, can be applied to the critical analysis of information and the use of that information to exercise greater control over life events and situations

Study groups in NCT06193083
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Qualitative studyThe study will comprise an initial qualitative phase. Semi-directed individual interviews using a descriptive approach will be carried out (around 25 patients, over an 8-month period).
Receives: Other: Semi-directed individual interviews
Quantitative studyFollowing analysis of the qualitative data, we will then carry out a quantitative study to determine the distribution of the different profiles within this population and the factors influencing the perception of deprescription. The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQ (medication beliefs questionnaire), potentially supplemented by other items following analysis of the qualitative data, will be administered to 300 patients (over a 12-month period). The ancillary study will be carried out during this second phase, using a validated self-questionnaire to assess patients' level of literacy.
Receives: Other: The self-administered questionnaires, rPATD and BMQ; Other: The self-administered FCCHL (Functional, Communicative and Critical Health Literacy) / HLS14 (14-item health literacy scale)

What is being measured

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

  1. To study patients' perceptions of deprescribing in palliative cancer care.

    To describe, understand and explain patients' attitudes and beliefs concerning deprescribing by means of individual semi-structured interviews (descriptive approach methodology with reflexive thematic analysis) and secondly using the rPATD questionnaire (questionnaire for assessing patients' perceptions of their treatments and deprescribing), which can be adapted following analysis of qualitative data.

    rPATD: The rPATD is a questionnaire validated and adapted in French to assess patients' perceptions of their treatments and deprescribing.

    This self-administered questionnaire consists of 22 questions rated on a 5-point Likert scale

    Measured: at study inclusion

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. To investigate factors that may influence patients' attitudes and beliefs regarding de-prescribing.

    Influence of gender, age, level of education, type of cancer, number of metastatic sites, Performans status score, presence of systemic cancer treatment (chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, etc.), follow-up by a palliative care team, and other factors. ), follow-up by a palliative care team, patient's place of care, persons in charge of treatment, number of medications, number of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), prognosis assessed by the referring physician, patient's level of education and beliefs about treatments in general (BMQ questionnaire) on scores from the rPATD questionnaire.

    Measured: at study inclusion

  2. To evaluate the psychometric properties of the rPATD in this population.

    Description of rPATD validation data in our population: validation of questionnaire structure, measurement of score reliability, concurrent validation with the BMQ questionnaire.

    BMQ French version of the BMQ self-questionnaire, which studies patients' perceptions of medication .

    A 5-point Likert-type scale was used for each item. The higher the sum of the scores obtained, the stronger the subject's belief.

    Measured: at study inclusion

Timeline

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

  1. First posted5 Jan 2024
  2. Study start28 Feb 2024
  3. Primary completion28 Feb 2025
  4. Study completion4 Jun 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

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

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
325 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06193083
Sponsor's protocol ID
RC23_0563
Acronym
DEPAL
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
21 Dec 2023
Last updated
25 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Evin A, Bourdon M, Nizet P, Hardouin JB, Victorri-Vigneau C, Huon JF. DEprescribing: Perceptions of PAtients living with advanced cancer. A multicentre, prospective mixed observational study protocol. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 20;19(8):e0305737. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305737. eCollection 2024.

    PubMed 39163415

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Deprescribing and Palliative Care, run by Nantes University Hospital at 8 sites 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 8 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 8 sites 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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

Contact Adrien EVIN, MCU-PH (+33253482736, Adrien.EVIN@chu-nantes.fr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To study patients' perceptions of deprescribing in palliative cancer care. (time frame: at study inclusion). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06193083, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 25 Sep 2026.

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