PALLiative care in ONcology (PALLiON): A cluster-randomised trial investigating the effect of palliative care on the use of anticancer treatment at the end of life.

Marianne Jensen HjermstadAleksandra PirnatNina AassSigve AndersenGuro L AstrupOlav DajaniHerish GarresoriKristin V GuldhavHanne HamreEllinor C HauklandFrode JordalTonje LundebyErik Torbjorn LøhreSvein MjålandØrnulf PaulsenKarin A SembErik S StaffTorunn WesterStein Kaasa

Published in: Palliative medicine (2024)

We found no significant differences in the probability of receiving end-of-life anticancer therapy. The intervention did not have the desired effect. It was probably too general and too focussed on communication skills to exert a substantial influence on conventional clinical practice.

Keyphrases

palliative care
advanced cancer
clinical practice
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
open label
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow
cell therapy
smoking cessation