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Nurse-initiated Conversations for Early Integration of Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology
Led by Children's Hospital of Fudan University · Updated on 2026-03-19
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
208 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study aims to develop and implement a pediatric palliative care (PPC) program. It is an open-label, randomized trial (2:1 randomization) in pediatric oncology department of Children's Hospital of Fudan University. The intervention group will receive Nurse-initiated Conversations for Early Integration of Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology (NiCE). The control group will receive routine PPC (will be scheduled to meet with the PPC team only when participants themselves, their families, or the attending oncologist requested an appointment). The intervention will take 6 months.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Nurse-initiated Conversations for Early Integration of Palliative Care in Pediatric Oncology
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children within eight weeks of initial oncologic diagnosis or within eight weeks of relapse/recurrent disease diagnosis
- Children speaking Chinese
- Children's family caregivers accompanying the child in the hospital (only one family member is eligible to take this role under current hospital policy)
- Children's family caregivers speaking Chinese
- Health care providers who are taking care of the eligible children, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, and social workers
You will not qualify if you...
- Children who, in the opinion of their physician, are not capable mentally or verbally of participating in the survey or interview
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hemotology/Oncology Unit and Surgical Oncology Unit of Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, Minhang, China, 201102
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Research Team
L
Lei Cheng, PhD
CONTACT
X
Xiaowen Zhai, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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