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Can early palliative care ease suffering in relapsed leukemia?

NCT ID NCT02631811

Symptom relief Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing
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Cancelled
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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether early, regular visits from a palliative care team can improve quality of life for adults with acute leukemia that has returned. 49 patients were assigned to either receive this extra support or standard care. The team addressed physical, emotional, and social needs. The goal was to see if this approach reduces symptoms and depression.

What this could mean

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Active substance
supportive/palliative care team visits
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that early palliative care improves quality of life for people with relapsed leukemia.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed study with only 49 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and the intervention is supportive, not curative.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

49 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2016

Finished

Oct 2020

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * \> 18 years old * acute lymphoblastic or myeloblastic leukemia at first relapse and diagnosed within 8 weeks before inclusion. * Patients in whom a curative strategy (transplant) is not considered. * patients older that 75 years at the diagnosis * informed signed consent Exclusion Criteria: * unable to answer the questionnaire * psychiatric disorders other than depression * persons under guardianship

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acute leukemia acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute myeloid leukemia

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Acute leukaemia in relapse

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre Hospitalier LYON SUD

    Pierre-Bénite, 69495, France