# The Role of Early Systematic Best Palliative Care Versus on Request Palliative Care Consultation During Standard Oncologic Treatment for Patients With Advanced Gastric or Pancreatic Cancers: a Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Trial.

> **NCT01996540** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS** · enrollment: 394 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pancreatic Neoplasm
- Gastric Neoplasm

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Interventional arm: Early best palliative care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01996540
- **Lead sponsor:** Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori Dino Amadori IRST S.r.l. IRCCS
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-11-02
- **Final completion:** 2018-11
- **Target enrollment:** 394 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01996540

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01996540, "The Role of Early Systematic Best Palliative Care Versus on Request Palliative Care Consultation During Standard Oncologic Treatment for Patients With Advanced Gastric or Pancreatic Cancers: a Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Trial.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01996540. Licensed CC0.

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