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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01011140
Date of registration: 10/11/2009
Primary sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public title: Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain
Scientific title: Physician Perceptions About Parenteral Hydration in Latin America and Spain: A Survey of Physicians Affiliated With the Latin American Association for Palliative Care (ALCP) and the Spanish Society for Palliative Care (SECPAL)
Date of first enrolment: January 2010
Target sample size: 516
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01011140
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Isabel Torres, MPH, DRPH
Address: 
Telephone: 713-563-4125
Email:
Affiliation: 
Name:   Isabel Torres, MPH, DRPH
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Palliative care physicians practicing in Latin America and Spain and affiliated with
either the ALCP or SECPAL.

2. Physicians must report dedicating at least 30% of their practice to palliative care.

3. Physician must be 18 years of age or older.

Exclusion Criteria:

1) None



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Advanced Cancers
Dehydration
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Survey
Primary Outcome(s)
Percentage of terminally ill cancer patients overall that receive an order of parenteral hydration as reported by physicians [Time Frame: Online Survey, completion any time during estimated 2 month period]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2009-0606
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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