Could a simple referral to palliative care ease End-of-Life suffering for cancer patients?

NCT ID NCT06150027

Ongoing Symptom relief Sponsor: Centre Leon Berard Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether cancer patients who visit the emergency room for urgent problems benefit from being immediately referred to a palliative care team. The goal is to see if this reduces aggressive treatments and hospitalizations in the last month of life. The trial involves 240 adults with incurable cancer at French cancer centers.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: systematic referral to a palliative care team
What this could lead to: If successful, this could show that early palliative care referral reduces unnecessary hospitalizations and aggressive treatments near the end of life for cancer patients.
What could go wrong: This is a relatively small study (240 patients) and results may not apply to all cancer centers. The intervention is a referral process, not a drug, so benefits may be modest.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer Emergencies neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

CANCER EMERGENCIES

Contacts and locations

Locations

Centre Léon Bérard

Lyon, 69008, France
ICM Val d'Aurelle

Montpellier, 34090, France
Institut Curie - Paris

Paris, 75005, France
Institut Curie - Saint Cloud

Saint-Cloud, 92210, France
Institut Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, 94805, France
Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54519, France

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