NCT06909968Completed
Identification of Palliative Care Needs and Prognostic Factors of Survival in Tailoring Appropriate Interventions in Advanced Oncological, Renal and Pulmonary Diseases
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a prospective observational study done on 3 patient populations (cancer, chronic pulmonary and renal disease). All patients will be treated and monitored according to the local clinical practice. No additional procedures/patient visits in comparison with the usual clinical practice are planned for the study.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 178 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Mar 2025
- Start date
- 14 Dec 2020
- Primary completion date
- 26 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
- NCT number
- NCT06909968
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 178
- From 14 Dec 2020 to the primary completion date, 26 Feb 2025
- 5 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Who the study is looking for
- Both sex;
- All ethnic background;
- Age ≥18 years;
- Subjects who are, in the opinion of the Investigator, able to understand this study and to cooperate with the study procedures;
- Written informed consent;
- Not receiving care from the palliative care service
- Diagnosis of inoperable locally advanced and/or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, or gastric cancer or pancreatic adenocarcinoma within the previous eight weeks, any T, any N, M+ or T4 inoperable (neoadjuvant excluded);
- Life expectancy \>2 months;
- Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with at least two of these characteristics: age \> 70 years, FEV1 \<30 % predicted, oxygen-therapy dependency, \> 1 admission/year in hospital for COPD exacerbated, congestive heart failure and/or other comorbidity, weight loss/cachexia, reduced functional autonomy, increase dependence.
- or idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) diagnosis with at least two of these characteristics: age \> 70 years, histological pattern "UIP" (if known), dependence on oxygen-therapy, radiological aspect of "Honeycomb" to the HRTC of the thorax, reduced functional autonomy, increased dependence.
- \- Diagnosis advanced chronic renal failure with at least two of these characteristics: age \> 75 years, advanced malignancy, severe malnutrition, cardiac or pulmonary pathology terminal, Multiple Organ Failure in Intensive Care.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (5)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.O. Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto Renale, Policlinico Sant'Orsola Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Unknown status |
| Rete Cure Palliative AUSL Bologna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Unknown status |
| U.O. Pneumologia e Terapia Intensiva Respiratoria, Policlinico Sant'Orsola Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bologna | Italy | Unknown status |
| U.O. Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Morgagni-Pierantoni - Ospedale M. Bufalini Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Forlì | Italy | Unknown status |
| IRST IRCCS UO Cure Palliative Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Meldola | Italy | Unknown status |
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