Effect of Early management on PAin and DEpression in patients with PancreatoBiliary Cancer, EPADE-PB Purpose To determine whether early palliative care integrated with usual oncologic care with automated symptom monitoring can improve depression and pain in patients with cancer
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
288
Drug: The interventions consisted of the following: (1) Nursing assessment of pain and depression mood (2) Pain control based NCCN guideline (3) Depression control by psychoeducation and/or consultation of psychiatrist specialist (4) Patient education
National Cancer Center
Goyang, 410-769, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Reduction in pain score
• Reduction in pain scores, Brief Pain Inventory \[BPI\] severity
Time frame: at baseline, 1 month, and every 3 months, up to 1 year
Reduction in depression score
Reduction in depression score, Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale \[CES-D\]
Time frame: at baseline, 1 month, and every 3 months, up to 1 year
Quality of life
EORTC QLQ-C30 General Questionnaire, Korean version
Time frame: at baseline, 1 month, and every 3 months, up to 1 year
Overall survival
Time frame: at baseline, 1 month, and every 3 months, up to 1 year
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