Clinical trialNCT02556619UnknownInterventional

Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of Early Palliative Care for HCC

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonEnrollment72Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

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Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effect of early palliative care consultation on quality of life, use of hospital resources, end-of-life care and survival among Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) patients with advanced End Stage Live Disease not eligible for potentially curative or local area therapy. Half of patients will receive early palliative care at diagnosis of HCC and other half will receive palliative care when all standard therapy treatments have been exhausted.

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Investigators

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Curtis J Wray, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Lyndon Baines Johnson (lbj) General Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 2 Apr 2019
Primary completion: 30 Sept 2021
Completion: 30 Sept 2021
Last update posted: 27 Apr 2021
Registered enrollment: 72
Registry id: NCT02556619

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