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    MA14 - Survivorship, Socioeconomic and End-of-Life Considerations (ID 915)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Treatment in the Real World - Support, Survivorship, Systems Research
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 10:30 - 12:00, Room 205 BD
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      MA14.02 - Use and Impact of A Systematic Advanced Care Planning in Hospitalized Lung Cancer Patients: A Prospective Study. (ID 13997)

      10:35 - 10:40  |  Author(s): Julian Pinsolle

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      Background

      End-of-life communication is crucial, particularly for cancer patients. In usual practice, advanced care planning discussions with the patients are uncommon and rarely documented. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of advanced care planning on intensity of care in cases of organ failure in lung cancer patients.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      This prospective study was performed at the Grenoble University Hospital in France. Consecutive patients hospitalized in thoracic oncology unit between 01/28/2014 and 03/31/2016 were included and followed up to 12/31/2016. At each hospital admission, lung cancer patients benefited from advanced care planning. We defined 3 intensities of care: intensive care, maximal medical care and exclusive palliative care. The propositions of care could be modified during the hospitalization. Patients’ wishes should be received.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      Data of 715 hospitalizations corresponding to 473 patients were studied. Hundred fifty nine patients had a second hospitalization and 69 a third. At first admission, 247 (52%) patients had a performance status of 0 to 2, 186 (39%) were not yet treated for the cancer and 165 (35%) in progression. Main reasons of admission were an acute disease (n=208, 44%) and supportive care of cancer symptoms (n=167, 35%).

      During the three first admissions, 173 (25%) patients developed an organ failure. Among them, 56 (32%) had intensive care proposition, 104 (61%) maximal medical care, and 13 (7%) exclusive palliative care. Median time between admission and organ failure was 9 days [IQR 25%-75%, 3-13]. All patients benefited from intensity of care equal or lower than the proposed intensity of care. Among patients planed for intensive care, 17 (30%) patients received intensive care, 22 (39%) maximal medical care and 17 (30%) exclusive palliative care. Thirteen of the 39 patients not admitted in ICU despite organ failure and previous proposition of intensive care were considered too well by the oncologist. Patients’ wishes were recorded for 158 (91%) patients, and a discussion about end of life conditions was led with 116 (73%) patients or families.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      In case of organ failure, an advanced care planning appears helpful to provide reasonable intensity of care. The proposition of care seems to be adapted to the patient’s general condition and cancer characteristics. 3/4 of the patients with an organ failure benefited from a discussion about end of life conditions.

      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02852629

      Funding from the publicly funded nonprofit organization Cancéropole Lyon Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (CLARA).

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