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NCT02349412 · OUTCOME

Change in Quality of Life (QOL) From Baseline to Week 12 Per the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)

Early Palliative Care With Standard Care or Standard Care Alone in Improving Quality of Life of Patients With Incurable Lung or Non-colorectal Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers · Source last updated 2025-02-07

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
MEAN
Unit
units on a scale
Interval / dispersion
Standard Deviation
Time frame
Up to 12 weeks

What was measured

Quality of Life (QOL) was measured using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) on a 0-108 scale, with lower scores corresponding to worse overall QOL and higher scores corresponding to better overall QOL. Change from baseline to week-12 was calculated by subtracting the baseline scores from the scores at week-12. Higher scores on FACT-G indicate better QOL.

Analysis population: Only participants with available data on the individual study measure at baseline and 12 weeks were included in the analysis.

Groups in this outcome

Arm 1 (Early Palliative Care)

Patients receive early palliative care and standard oncology care. Patients and family caregivers will be asked to complete quality-of-life questionnaires at weeks 6, 12, and 24. Survival follow-up will be every 4 months from week 24 until death or up to 3 years.

Arm 2 (Usual Care)

Patients receive standard oncology care. Patient and family caregiver will be asked to complete self-report questionnaires at weeks 6, 12, and 24. Survival follow-up will be every 4 months from week 24 until death or up to 3 years. Palliative care visit only upon request from attending oncologist(s) or patient/family.

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Arm 1 (Early Palliative Care)92
Arm 2 (Usual Care)101

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in units on a scale · Interval/dispersion: Standard Deviation
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Arm 1 (Early Palliative Care)3.3514.7Not reportedNot reportedNot reported
Arm 2 (Usual Care)0.1212.7Not reportedNot reportedNot reported

Source statistical analyses

Group order, estimate direction, methods and comments are retained. No treatment ranking is inferred.

  1. ci Lower Limit
    -0.67
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    7.13
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    0.104
    param Type
    Mean Difference (Final Values)
    param Value
    3.23
    statistical Comment
    Statistical Method: Available Case ANCOVA Model adjusting for baseline FACT-G score
    statistical Method
    ANCOVA
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Lower Limit
    -0.67
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    95
    ci Upper Limit
    7.13
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY
    p Value
    0.104
    param Type
    Mean Difference (Final Values)
    param Value
    3.23
    statistical Comment
    Statistical Method: Available Case ANCOVA Model adjusting for baseline FACT-G score
    statistical Method
    ANCOVA
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        spread
        14.7
        value
        3.35
      2. group Id
        OG001
        spread
        12.7
        value
        0.12
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      92
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      101
    units
    Participants
description
Quality of Life (QOL) was measured using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) on a 0-108 scale, with lower scores corresponding to worse overall QOL and higher scores corresponding to better overall QOL. Change from baseline to week-12 was calculated by subtracting the baseline scores from the scores at week-12. Higher scores on FACT-G indicate better QOL.
dispersion Type
Standard Deviation
groups
  1. description
    Patients receive early palliative care and standard oncology care. Patients and family caregivers will be asked to complete quality-of-life questionnaires at weeks 6, 12, and 24. Survival follow-up will be every 4 months from week 24 until death or up to 3 years.
    id
    OG000
    title
    Arm 1 (Early Palliative Care)
  2. description
    Patients receive standard oncology care. Patient and family caregiver will be asked to complete self-report questionnaires at weeks 6, 12, and 24. Survival follow-up will be every 4 months from week 24 until death or up to 3 years. Palliative care visit only upon request from attending oncologist(s) or patient/family.
    id
    OG001
    title
    Arm 2 (Usual Care)
param Type
MEAN
population Description
Only participants with available data on the individual study measure at baseline and 12 weeks were included in the analysis.
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
Up to 12 weeks
title
Change in Quality of Life (QOL) From Baseline to Week 12 Per the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)
type
PRIMARY
unit Of Measure
units on a scale

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