Collaborative advance care planning in advanced cancer patients: col-ACP -study - study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assure patient-centred end-of-life care, palliative interventions need to account for patients' preferences. Advance care planning (ACP) is a structured approach that allows patients, relatives and physicians to discuss end-of-life decisions. Although ACP can improve several patient related outcomes, the implementation of ACP remains difficult. The col-ACP-study (collaborative advance care planning) will investigate a new ACP procedure (col-ACP-intervention (German: Hand-in-Hand Intervention)) in palliative cancer patients and their relatives that addresses individual values and targets barriers of communication before an ACP process.

Methods

In a randomised controlled trial, 270 cancer patients without curative treatment options and their relatives will receiv

SUBMITTER: Seifart C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7445911 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature