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Doctors worldwide vote to set fair rules for cancer patients in intensive care
NCT ID NCT07809490
First seen Sep 09, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Hospitals lack agreed rules for when a person with cancer should go to the intensive care unit (ICU) and when they are well enough to leave. This project brings together 30 to 40 cancer and critical care experts from around the world to vote on draft statements about ICU care. Through at least three rounds of anonymous online surveys, the panel aims to reach consensus on admission, triage, time-limited trials, and discharge criteria. The goal is to help doctors give ICU care when it can truly help and avoid treatment that cannot.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If experts agree, hospitals could use one shared set of rules to decide which cancer patients benefit from intensive care and when to step down, reducing both missed chances and futile treatment.
- What could go wrong
- The panel may fail to agree on key points, leaving doctors without clear guidance. Even a strong consensus may not fit every hospital or patient, and the rules will need regular review as care changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
40 delphi panelist
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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: Aged 18 years or older Clinician, methodologist will be invited to serve as a voting panelist For clinicians: recognized specialist qualification in intensive care medicine, medical oncology, haematology (including haematopoietic cell transplantation or cellular therapy), palliative medicine, emergency medicine. For clinicians: at least five years of post-qualification practice involving critically ill adults with cancer Current professional base in one of the six WHO regions Able to complete online questionnaires in English Willing to participate in all planned Delphi rounds and to complete a conflict-of-interest declaration Provides informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Member of the Steering Committee or the study methodologist (non-voting roles) Unable to commit to the full sequence of Delphi rounds Declared conflict of interest that the Steering Committee judges incompatible with voting Second or subsequent nominee from a country already represented, where the one-panellist-per-co
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Max Super specialty Hospital Shalimar bagh
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110085, India