# Observational Study of Early Contact With Palliative Care Unit for Patients Receiving First Line Palliative Chemotherapy With Cancer in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal, or Second Line Palliative Chemotherapy in Patients With Colorectal Cancer - an Open, Randomised Investigator Initiated Trial.

> **NCT02246725** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Lund University Hospital** · enrollment: 108 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Tumor in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal or Patients With Colorectal Cancer

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Contact with palliative care unit.

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02246725
- **Lead sponsor:** Lund University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-10
- **Primary completion:** 2025-08-31
- **Final completion:** 2025-08-31
- **Target enrollment:** 108 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02246725

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02246725, "Observational Study of Early Contact With Palliative Care Unit for Patients Receiving First Line Palliative Chemotherapy With Cancer in Upper Gastrointestinal Canal, or Second Line Palliative Chemotherapy in Patients With Colorectal Cancer - an Open, Randomised Investigator Initiated Trial.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02246725. Licensed CC0.

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