Intervention Toward Truth-Telling and Advanced Directives in the Patient With Advanced or Metastatic Disease

November 17, 2008 updated by: National Taiwan University Hospital

A Longitudinal Study That Assessed the Effectiveness of Intervention Toward

Family usually had a lot of burden to tell the truth to patients. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of education materials and family conference for advanced cancer patients and family.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

150

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
        • Recruiting
        • National Taiwan University Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • We-Yu Hu, Ph.D

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • advanced or metastatic cancer patients
  • more than 20 years old
  • clear consciousness and be able to communicate

Exclusion Criteria:

  • refuse to know the statement of himself/herself disease

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Family conference + education materials
Behavioral: family conference
family conference
No Intervention: 2
education materials

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Questionnaires
Time Frame: before and 1 week after the intervention
before and 1 week after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Collaborators

National Science Council, Taiwan

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 16, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

November 18, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 18, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2008

Last Verified

May 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 200803051R

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