Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer
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| First Received Date ICMJE | March 4, 2011 | ||||
| Last Updated Date | January 25, 2013 | ||||
| Start Date ICMJE | February 2011 | ||||
| Primary Completion Date | June 2012 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
| Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Change History | Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01309815 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site | ||||
| Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Descriptive Information | |||||
| Brief Title ICMJE | Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer | ||||
| Official Title ICMJE | Existential Issues in Elderly People With Cancer in an Early Palliative Phase- a Phenomenological Hermeneutic Approach | ||||
| Brief Summary | The purpose is to describe, interpret and provide a detailed understanding of what it means to be elderly people with cancer who receive treatment in specialized health care. Focus is especially put on the content and expression of existential issues and the importance of spirituality for the patient´s life story and medical story. |
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| Detailed Description | Existential and spiritual issues in elderly people with cancer are scarcely investigated with respect to the content and importance of these aspects to this patient group in terms of living with their disease and benefit from specialist health treatment and care. The present study is an independent doctoral study that also has an initial function for an intended multidisciplinary research project with the working title "Aged people with cancer". |
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| Study Type ICMJE | Observational | ||||
| Study Design ICMJE | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional |
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| Target Follow-Up Duration | Not Provided | ||||
| Biospecimen | Not Provided | ||||
| Sampling Method | Non-Probability Sample | ||||
| Study Population | Cancer patients from 70 years and older, receiving palliative treatment and care in Innlandet Hospital Trust |
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| Condition ICMJE | Cancer | ||||
| Intervention ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| Study Group/Cohort (s) | Cancer in elderly people
other |
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| Publications * | Not Provided | ||||
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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| Recruitment Information | |||||
| Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | ||||
| Enrollment ICMJE | 21 | ||||
| Completion Date | June 2012 | ||||
| Primary Completion Date | June 2012 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
| Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Gender | Both | ||||
| Ages | 70 Years and older | ||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers | No | ||||
| Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||
| Location Countries ICMJE | Norway | ||||
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| NCT Number ICMJE | NCT01309815 | ||||
| Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | Haug, SKH | ||||
| Has Data Monitoring Committee | Yes | ||||
| Responsible Party | Sigrid Helene Kjørven Haug, Sykehuset Innlandet HF | ||||
| Study Sponsor ICMJE | Sykehuset Innlandet HF | ||||
| Collaborators ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
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| Information Provided By | Sykehuset Innlandet HF | ||||
| Verification Date | January 2013 | ||||
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ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |
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