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RECIFE: Study of the Life Stories of Patients Making a Request for Euthanasia, in the Context of Advanced Cancer.

Sponsor
Centre Leon Berard (Other)
Overall Status
Not yet recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05884788
Collaborator
(none)
15
Enrollment
9
Anticipated Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study wishes to focus on the life course of patients, beyond the moments of suffering experienced at the time of the request for euthanasia. It is based on the perspective that the patient's account of his or her life course can be a source of information for better understanding and accompanying patients requesting euthanasia.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Other: free interview, and questionnaires in a second time

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Anticipated Enrollment :
15 participants
Observational Model:
Case-Only
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Study of the Life Stories of Patients Making a Request for Euthanasia, in the Context of Advanced Cancer.
Anticipated Study Start Date :
Jun 1, 2023
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2024
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Mar 1, 2024

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Description of the life stories of patients requesting euthanasia to explore which life experiences are brought forward when making this request, in a context of advanced oncological pathology. [One month]

    The main objective is to describe the life stories of patients requesting euthanasia in order to discover which life experiences are reasoning in the formulation of this request, in a context of advanced oncological pathology. The investigators carry out a descriptive analysis of the interviews. The interviews will be analyzed as they are conducted, in order to identify themes of interest. The themes will be compared between the different interviews in order to identify possible trends.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Calculation of the Bartholomew score [One month]

    Use of specific questionnaire (Relationship Scales Questionnaire of Batholomew) to describe the profiles of the patients in the study

  2. Calculation of the distress thermometer's score [One month]

    Use of specific questionnaire (NCCN distress thermometer) to describe the profiles of the patients in the study

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:

  • Major patients

  • With cancer in the palliative phase, i.e. with an incurable disease according to current knowledge.

  • Expressing a request for euthanasia in terms evoking a request for death with the intervention of an outside person.

  • Non-opposition to the study after full written information.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Severe decompensated psychiatric pathology

  • Vulnerable persons defined here as pregnant women, parturients and persons under legal protection or unable to express their consent

  • Inability to conduct an interview

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Centre Leon Berard

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Centre Leon Berard
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05884788
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • ET22000324
First Posted:
Jun 1, 2023
Last Update Posted:
Jun 1, 2023
Last Verified:
May 1, 2023
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Undecided
Plan to Share IPD:
Undecided
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Keywords provided by Centre Leon Berard
Euthanasia
Cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neoplasms

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 1, 2023