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NCT Number: NCT07191184

Identification of Obstacles and Levers to the Outpatient Care of Patients in Terminal Palliative Situations

80% of patients wish to die at home. The number of deaths will increase in the coming years due to the aging population. The general practitioner (GP) is at the center of this care. Despite national plans for the development of palliative care, dying at home remains complicated. The difficulties described and known are organizational (workload) and linked to the doctor's experience with the suffering of the patient and their family. Many studies have been conducted in hospital settings, and the solutions developed are often not very accessible to GP. Conducting a study on this subject will allow us to take stock of this outpatient care provided by general practitioners following numerous changes that have occurred in recent years, both in terms of palliative care teaching and in terms of modifications to the care offered.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Service de soins Palliatifs - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, 67091, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Anaïs BABEL, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Catherine CHEVALIER-LAMOUILLE, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

33 3 88 11 65 86

Catherine CHEVALIER-LAMOUILLE, MD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • General physician based in Bas-Rhin
  • Agreeing to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

  • Refusing to participate in the research
  • Replacement physician, specialist physician, based outside Bas-Rhin

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Identify barriers to outpatient care for terminally ill palliative patients by general practitioners in the Bas Rhin region.

    Time frame: At 8 months

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Catherine CHEVALIER-LAMOUILLE, MD

CONTACT

[email protected]

33 3 88 11 65 86

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Identification of Obstacles and Levers to the Outpatient Care of Patients in Terminal Palliative Situations: Exploratory Study Among General Practitioners in Bas-Rhin

Acronym: PTPS

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Sep 24, 2025
Registry last updated
Sep 24, 2025

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