Identification of Obstacles and Levers to the Outpatient Care of Patients in Terminal Palliative Situations

NCT07191184 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 9303
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 12
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

80% of patients wish to die at home. The number of deaths will increase in the coming years due to the aging population. The general practitioner (GP) is at the center of this care. Despite national plans for the development of palliative care, dying at home remains complicated. The difficulties described and known are organizational (workload) and linked to the doctor's experience with the suffering of the patient and their family. Many studies have been conducted in hospital settings, and the solutions developed are often not very accessible to GP. Conducting a study on this subject will allow us to take stock of this outpatient care provided by general practitioners following numerous changes that have occurred in recent years, both in terms of palliative care teaching and in terms of modifications to the care offered.

Conditions

End of Life

Keywords

Palliative care; Terminal palliative situations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Identify barriers to outpatient care for terminally ill palliative patients by general practitioners in the Bas Rhin region.

  At 8 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

General physician based in Bas-Rhin agreeing to participate in the research

You may qualify if:

• General physician based in Bas-Rhin
• Agreeing to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Refusing to participate in the research
• Replacement physician, specialist physician, based outside Bas-Rhin

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Strasbourg, France: lead

Study Sites (1)

Service de soins Palliatifs - CHU de Strasbourg - France

Strasbourg, 67091, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Central Study Contacts

Catherine CHEVALIER-LAMOUILLE, MD

CONTACT

33 3 88 11 65 86; catherine.lamouille@chru-strasbourg.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 27, 2025
• First Posted: September 24, 2025
• Study Start: September 16, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 16, 2025
• Study Completion: December 16, 2025
• Last Updated: September 24, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

FR (1)