A need for scalable outpatient palliative care interventions
Mené au Canada de 2006 à 2011 dans 24 établissements d'oncologie médicale, cet essai randomisé analyse les effets de soins palliatifs précoces sur la qualité de vie de patients atteints d'un cancer de stade avancé
In The Lancet , Camilla Zimmermann and colleagues report results of a large, carefully designed, cluster-randomised trial of early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer. 228 patients, with a clinical prognosis of 6—24 months, were assigned to follow-up by a palliative care team (intervention), and 233 to standard oncology care (control). The primary outcome was quality of life at 3 months, measured by change in score on the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy—Spiritual
The Lancet , commentaire, 2013