Feasibility of Conducting a Palliative Care Randomized Controlled Trial in Children With Advanced Cancer: Assessment of the PediQUEST Study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Pediatric palliative care randomized controlled trials (PPC-RCTs) are uncommon.

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a PPC-RCT in pediatric cancer patients.

Methods

This was a cohort study embedded in the Pediatric Quality of Life and Evaluation of Symptoms Technology Study (NCT01838564). This multicenter PPC-RCT evaluated an electronic patient-reported outcomes system. Children aged two years and older, with advanced cancer, and potentially eligible for the study were included. Outcomes included: pre-inclusion attrition (patients not approached, refusals); post-inclusion attrition (drop-out, elimination, death, and intermittent attrition (IA; missing surveys) over nine months of follow-up); child/teenager self-report rates; and, reasons to enr

SUBMITTER: Dussel V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530789 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature