Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Nicola Turner
ORCID ID
Contact details
University Hospitals of Leicester
c/o Research and Development Office
Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust
Leicester
LE1 4PW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 258 4109
nicola.turner@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0123138185
Study information
Scientific title
Examining the benefits of providing psychotherapy for palliative care patients and their carers
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The aim of this study is to ascertain if palliative care patients and their carers benefit from counselling, what elements they find therapeutic, and how it improves their quality of life.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Palliative care counselling
Intervention
Patients and their carers are randomised to:
1. Psychotherapy
2. Care as usual
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Examining the benefits of providing psychotherapy for palliative care patients and their carers.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/2001
Overall trial end date
01/11/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Palliative care patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/11/2001
Recruitment end date
01/11/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University Hospitals of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 4PW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary