Primary Palliative Care - a Feasibility Cluster Trial (PrimPal)
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Background: Demographic ageing and the rising burden of chronic disease have dramatically increased the need for palliative care. Most patients with palliative care needs are cared for in primary health care (PHC) settings, yet GPs often lack training and systematic tools to identify and manage these patients. The Principal Investigator developed a complex intervention combining GP training and a new consultation model during doctoral research, demonstrating promising results (reduction in physical and psychological symptoms) in a before-after study (published in Palliative Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/02692163231219682). The present feasibility trial is the next methodological step before undertaking a full-scale cluster RCT.
Design: Feasibility cluster-controlled RCT with an embedded qualitative component (mixed-methods). Randomisation occurs at the cluster (FHU) level. Two FHUs from ULS Coimbra (central Portugal) will be recruited: one allocated to the intervention arm and one to the control (usual care) arm.
Intervention: GPs in the intervention FHU will complete a 30hour e-learning training programme covering palliative care communication, symptom management, and patient assessment/control. After training, each GP will apply the new structured consultation model to recruited patients over 12 weeks (4 consultations). The model is grounded in the 4th edition of the National Consensus Project's Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care and WONCA's core competencies for GPs in palliative care.
Control: GPs in the control FHU will follow usual care without any specific palliative care training or structured consultation model.
Participants: Adult patients (≥18 years) on the list of recruited GPs with a diagnosis of: advanced-stage neoplasm (metastatic cancer), COPD GOLD III/IV, Congestive Heart Failure NYHA III/IV, or Chronic Kidney Disease stage IV/V.
Feasibility outcomes: GP implementation rate (primary), patient recruitment rate, and patient retention rate will be assessed at baseline (T0), week 6 (T1), and week 12 (T2). Qualitative data will be collected through interviews with GPs and patients to explore perceived barriers and benefits of the intervention.
Significance: Results will be used to refine the intervention and study procedures, and to power a future definitive cluster RCT.
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- No aplica
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Estudio Contacto
Estudio Contacto
- Nombre: Carlos S Cardoso, PhD
- Número de teléfono: 00351 239 857 700
- Correo electrónico: carlosseicacardoso@uc.pt
Ubicaciones de estudio
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Coimbra, Portugal
- Family Health Unit 1 - ULS Coimbra (Intervention)
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Coimbra, Portugal
- Family Health Unit 2 - ULS Coimbra (Control)
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Criterios de participación
Criterio de elegibilidad
Criterio de elegibilidad
Edades elegibles para estudiar
- Adulto
- Adulto Mayor
Acepta Voluntarios Saludables
Descripción
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 18 years or older.
- Enrolled as a patient on the list of a recruited General Practitioner in one of the participating Family Health Units.
- Diagnosed with one or more of the following advanced chronic conditions:
- Advanced-stage neoplasm (metastatic/stage IV cancer);
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - GOLD classification III or IV;
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) - New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification III or IV;
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) - stage IV or V.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Refusal to provide informed consent or to participate in the study at any point.
- Disease severity requiring urgent medical intervention (acute crisis/emergency care need at time of recruitment).
Plan de estudios
¿Cómo está diseñado el estudio?
Detalles de diseño
- Propósito principal: Otro
- Asignación: Aleatorizado
- Modelo Intervencionista: Asignación paralela
- Enmascaramiento: Único
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Armas e Intervenciones
Grupo de participantes/brazoGrupo de participantes/brazo |
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Sin intervención: Control (Usual Care)
GPs in the control FHU deliver usual palliative care without specific training or structured consultation model.
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Experimental: Primary Palliative Care Consultation
General Practitioners in the intervention FHU complete a 30hour e-learning training programme in palliative care and apply a new structured consultation model over 12 weeks (4 consultations) with recruited patients.
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¿Qué mide el estudio?
Medidas de resultado primarias
Medidas de resultado primarias
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GP Feasibility Rate (Implementation Rate)
Periodo de tiempo: 12 weeks (from start of intervention to end of consultation cycle - Week 12 / T2)
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Percentage of GPs in the intervention arm who successfully implement the new consultation model with their recruited patients (excluding failures due to reasons unrelated to the physician, e.g., patient death or withdrawal).
Feasibility is considered demonstrated if ≥70% of GPs complete the model with at least 80% of their recruited patients.
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12 weeks (from start of intervention to end of consultation cycle - Week 12 / T2)
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Medidas de resultado secundarias
Medidas de resultado secundarias
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Patient Recruitment Rate
Periodo de tiempo: Baseline (T0) - during recruitment period
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Percentage of contacted eligible patients who agree to participate in the study.
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Baseline (T0) - during recruitment period
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Patient Retention Rate
Periodo de tiempo: Week 12 (T2)
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Percentage of enrolled patients who complete all 4 consultations and remain in the study until week 12.
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Week 12 (T2)
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Perceived Barriers to Implementation
Periodo de tiempo: Week 12 (T2) - end of intervention
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Qualitative exploration of obstacles experienced by GPs and patients in the implementation of the intervention, assessed via semi-structured interviews
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Week 12 (T2) - end of intervention
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Perceived Benefits of the Intervention
Periodo de tiempo: Week 12 (T2) - end of intervention
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Qualitative exploration of the benefits perceived by GPs and patients from the intervention, assessed via semi-structured interviews.
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Week 12 (T2) - end of intervention
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Colaboradores e Investigadores
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Publicaciones y enlaces útiles
Publicaciones Generales
- Seica Cardoso C, Prazeres F, Oliveiros B, Nunes C, Simoes P, Aires C, Rita P, Penetra J, Lopes P, Alcobia S, Baptista S, Venancio C, Gomes B. Feasibility and effectiveness of a two-tiered intervention involving training and a new consultation model for patients with palliative care needs in primary care: A before-after study. Palliat Med. 2024 Sep;38(8):842-852. doi: 10.1177/02692163231219682. Epub 2024 Jan 16.
- Seica Cardoso C, Prazeres F, Nunes C, Simoes P, Aires C, Rita P, Penetra J, Lopes P, Alcobia S, Gomes B. Impact of a complex intervention in primary care for patients with palliative care needs in their healthcare utilization: a before-after study. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2026 Jan 30;27:e15. doi: 10.1017/S1463423625100777.
Fechas de registro del estudio
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Enviado por primera vez
Enviado por primera vez
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Primero enviado que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Publicado por primera vez (Actual)
Publicado por primera vez
Actualizaciones de registros de estudio
Última actualización publicada (Actual)
Última actualización publicada
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última actualización enviada que cumplió con los criterios de control de calidad
Última verificación
Última verificación
Más información
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Palabras clave
Términos MeSH relevantes adicionales
- Enfermedades urogenitales
- Procesos Patológicos
- Enfermedades urogenitales masculinas
- Enfermedades Renales
- Enfermedades urológicas
- Enfermedades urogenitales femeninas
- Enfermedades urogenitales femeninas y complicaciones del embarazo
- Atributos de la enfermedad
- Enfermedades de las vías respiratorias
- Enfermedades pulmonares
- Enfermedades Pulmonares Obstructivas
- Insuficiencia renal
- Condiciones Patológicas, Signos y Síntomas
- Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica
- Insuficiencia Renal Crónica
- Enfermedad crónica
Otros números de identificación del estudio
Otros números de identificación del estudio
- IN1590 | PrimPal Trial
- 2024.18252.PEX (Otro número de subvención/financiamiento: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT))
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