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NCT Number: NCT02854293

Impact of a Booklet-Question List on Cancer Patients or Their Families Seeking Prognostic Information During a Palliative Care Consultation

Prospective, randomized, multicentre phase III study to evaluate the level and type of information requested by patients or families during a palliative care consultation after they have been given the Booklet-Question List (BQL).

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Key information

Conditions

Metastatic Cancer Neoplasm Metastasis Neoplasms Neoplastic Processes Palliative Care Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Léon Berard, Lyon, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient over the age of 18 years,
  • Patient who has signed the informed consent form after being given a written information sheet
  • Patient followed for metastatic cancer with or without specific treatment, with a limited life expectancy
  • Patient referred to the palliative care team.
  • French-speaking Patient

Exclusion criteria

  • Cognitive disorders
  • Documented psychiatric disorders or marked psychological fragility

Treatment and study plan

Booklet-Question List

Other

Booklet-Question List (BQL) proposed in palliative cares, divided into 8 chapters, given to the patient before the first palliative care consultation.

Providing a list of questions to patients and their families without any obligations allows individual adaptation of information; patients or families who are afraid of asking these questions can take advantage of this opportunity, while respecting the need to avoid these subjects for other patients

Primary outcomes

  1. The number of questions asked or the concerns expressed that elicit a medical comment by the patient or the family during the palliative care consultation.

    Time frame: one month

Secondary outcomes

  1. HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) anxiety and depression score

    Time frame: one month

  2. QLQC-15Pal palliative quality of life score

    Time frame: one month

    The EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL is a questionnaire developed to assess the quality of life of palliative cancer care patients

  3. MB coping questionnaire score

    Time frame: one month

    The Brief COPE is the abbreviated version of the COPE Inventory and assesses dispositional as well as situational coping efforts . The 28-item Brief COPE (consisting of 14 subscales) has acceptable psychometric properties and has been used extensively to examine the relationship between various coping strategies and psychological outcomes

  4. Two 5-point Likert scales on information needs and satisfaction with medical information

    Time frame: one month

  5. Specific questionnaire on the Booklet-Question List (mode of use, satisfaction)

    Time frame: one month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Institut Curie

Other

Registry information

Acronym: QUEPAL

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Aug 3, 2016
Registry last updated
Nov 20, 2025

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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