SPECIAL: Standard or PalliativE Care In Advanced Lung cancer
Does early referral of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer to UK specialist palliative care services make a difference in their quality of life or survival?
Chief Investigators:
|
Emeritus Professor Sam H Ahmedzai |
| Sponsor: |
Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Funder: |
NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme |
| Disease Site: |
Lung; Specialist palliative care |
| Trial Type: |
Non-Investigational Medicinal Product (ie. non-IMP or non-CTIMP), observational study |
| Status: |
Closed |
| UKCRN Study ID: |
18810 |
| ISRCTN Referance Number: |
13337289 |
| Open to New Sites? |
No |
| Recruitment Start Date: |
12-Jan-2016 |
| Recruitment End Date: |
17-Feb-2016
|
| CRCTU Trial Management Team: |
Late Phase Trial Management Team - A |
| Trial Email Address: |
SPECIAL@trials.bham.ac.uk |
SPECIAL was a randomised trial with an integral (non-randomised) observational feasibility study looking at current standard referral practices for patients newly diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer to palliative care specialists/teams. The trial closed during the feasibility stage.
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Trial Summary
Trial Protocol
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The trial in now closed.