Observational two year study to evaluate the utility of a decision-support sheet on how to proceed in case of aggravation of a patient's condition with advanced disease.
Prospective and multicenter study conducted in the Rhône-Alpes-Auvergne area. All patients suffering from lung cancer admitted to a pulmonology unit in 2014 will be included. This document will be used if a decision to withhold life-sustaining treatment is decided. Investigators will assess the relationship between the planned intensity of care and those established when the patient develops an organ failure. Patient characteristics and factors associated with proposed levels and types of care will be analyzed. Patient and family opinions will be obtained after 3 months. The number of subjects is 468.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
483
University Hospital Grenoble
Grenoble, France
Emergent Serious Adverse Events
The main objective of this study is to assess the relationship between the planned intensity of care and those established when the patient develops organ failure. The agreement will be assessed using Cohen's kappa coefficient .
Time frame: 1 year and a half
Patient feeling assessment using phone interview questionnaire
Patients will be contacted by the investigator, to evaluate their feeling according to the collect of their opinion and wishes using a phone interview questionnaire within 30 minutes duration
Time frame: 3 months after patient inclusion
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v4.0
assessment at inclusion
Time frame: first day
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