Adding palliative care support during radiation for bone cancer pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Cancer clinical trials.
This study tests whether adding a palliative care team early while you receive radiation for bone metastases can improve your quality of life and reduce symptoms.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must have given general permission (called broad consent) to be part of the PRESENT+ research program, which allows you to fill out regular questionnaires and maybe join future studies.
- Your radiation doctor must be at one of these hospitals: UMC Utrecht, Radboudumc, or LUMC.
- You cannot have serious memory problems or dementia that make it hard to understand the study.
- You have not already been in touch with the hospital's palliative care consultation team for this condition.
- You must understand the purpose of the study in Dutch.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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