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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01024166
Date of registration: 30/11/2009
Primary sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public title: Patient-Reported Outcomes-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: A Usability Study
Scientific title: A Usability Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO)-Based Palliative and Hospice Care Practice: Integrating PROs and Decision Support Into an Electronic Record
Date of first enrolment: November 2009
Target sample size: 18
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01024166
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Michael A. Kallen, PhD
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Affiliation:  UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All patient/caregiver participants will be adults 21 years of age or older.

2. Participants will be palliative care cancer patients and/or their designated
caregivers.

3. Participating patients should be receiving palliative care at the MD Anderson Cancer
Center as an inpatient or have attended at least one outpatient appointment;
participating caregivers should have provided care to their patient during an
inpatient stay or have attended at least one outpatient appointment with their
patient.

4. Physicians and nurses who are experts in palliative care will be eligible for study
participation. For this study's purposes, a physician or nurse with a minimum of four
years of experience working in a palliative care setting will be considered an expert
in palliative care.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients or caregivers who are not able to report on symptom status using the
electronic measurement system.

2. Patient, caregivers, physicians, or nurses who do not agree to sign the study's
informed consent documents.



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Advanced Cancers
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Questionnaire and Review Session
Primary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of System Usability of the Prototype Solution (Questionnaire Responses) [Time Frame: Single assessment point]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2009-0776
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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