Impact of a Systematic Palliative Care on Quality of Life, in Advanced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and severe disease with a survival median between 2 and 4 years which leads to a profound alteration of the quality of life. In thoracic oncology, the systematic and early intervention of a palliative care team result in an improvement of quality of life for patients. In the princeps study published in 2010, the early intervention of a dedicated palliative care team was compared to standard care in a randomized trial of 150 patients and shows a significant improvement : (i) of quality of life (main objective), (ii) of depression scores and even overall survival (11.6 months vs. 8.9 months, P = 0.02), (iii) a benefit in terms of understanding the diagnosis and therapeutic goals (3), (iv) diminution of adapted hospitalization in end of life (in emergency or not). Considering some analogy points between IPF and advanced lung cancer (prognosis, respiratory symptom, psychological burden), it seemed reasonable to assume that the joint systematic intervention of chest physician and palliative care team may provide a significant benefit in terms of quality of life for patients with severe IPF.

Detailed Description
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare and severe disease with a survival median between 2 and 4 years which leads to a profound alteration of the quality of life. This alteration results from different consequences of the IPF: progressive shortness of breath, irritative cough refractory to treatments, exhaustion, limitation of activity, social isolation, and psychic consequences such as fear, anxiety and depression. The only current curative treatment of the disease is pulmonary transplantation, but it's only feasible for a minority of patients. Anti-fibrotic drugs, such as pirfenidone and nintedanib, are likely to slow the progression of IPF but have no impact on patients' quality of life. The symptomatic treatment aimed at relieving respiratory discomfort and the patient's quality of life is therefore fundamental, and the IPF meets in many ways the challenges of lung cancer. In thoracic oncology, the systematic and early intervention of a palliative care team result in an improvement of quality of life for patients. In the princeps study published in 2010, the early intervention of a dedicated palliative care team was compared to standard care in a randomized trial of 150 patients and shows a significant improvement : (i) of quality of life (main objective), (ii) of depression scores and even overall survival (11.6 months vs. 8.9 months, P = 0.02), (iii) a benefit in terms of understanding the diagnosis and therapeutic goals (3), (iv) diminution of adapted hospitalization in end of life (in emergency or not). Considering some analogy points between IPF and advanced lung cancer (prognosis, respiratory symptom, psychological burden), it seemed reasonable to assume that the joint systematic intervention of chest physician and palliative care team may provide a significant benefit in terms of quality of life for patients with severe IPF. Objective: To investigate the benefit on quality of life, evaluated after 6 months, of a systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a palliative intervention staff and a chest physician team compared to standard care for patients with severe IPF. Secondary endpoints To evaluate the benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a palliative care team and a chest physician team on: Mood and depression Understanding of diagnosis and therapeutic objectives, frequency of drafting of advance directives regarding end-of-life Respiratory symptoms (cough and dyspnea) The course of care, the use of palliative care stays and the duration of hospital stays (number and duration of hospitalizations). Overall survival and place of death. Carry out a medico-economic study evaluating the incremental cost-utility and cost-effectiveness ratio (overall survival criterion)

Official Title
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Impact of a Systematic Palliative Care on Quality of Life, in Advanced Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). A Randomized Multi-center Trial.

Conditions
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Supportive care


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Age> 40 years Patient with confirmed diagnosis of IPF according to the American Thoracic Society (ATS) / European Respiratory Society (ERS) / Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) / Latin American Thoracic Association (ALAT) criteria. The patient may be included regardless of the date of diagnosis. Advanced IPF with Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) <50% of predicted value and / or Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide ((DLCO) <30% of predicted value or inability to achieve the Functional Respiratory Investigations (EFR) due to respiratory severity. EFR dated less than 3 months. Absence of argument for acute or subacute exacerbation in the last 6 months. Patient who can be followed in ambulatory consultation/ outpatient consultation. Informed consent signed (signed by the patient or in the presence of a third party for patients who are poorly fluent in French). Affiliation to the social security system. Exclusion Criteria: Patient unable to respond to quality of life questionnaires. Inability (physical or mental) to give a written informed consent. Acute exacerbation of fibrosis in the previous 6 months. Patient eligible for a pulmonary transplant. Participation in other therapeutic trial Patient cannot be followed in ambulatory consultation. Patient under trustee

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 41 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Experimental arm : supportive care, systematic and joint to pneumological consultation, monthly, starting at M0 and continuing up to M6. Non interventionnel arm: only pneumological consultation performed at M0, M3 and M6.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Experimental<br>Supportive care, systematic and joint to pneumological consultation, monthly, starting at M0 and continuing up to M6. | Other: Supportive care<br>* supportive care, systematic and joint to pneumological consultation, monthly, starting at M0 and continuing up to M6.<br>|
| No Intervention: standard<br>pneumological consultation performed at M0, M3 and M6 | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The benefit of a systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a palliative intervention staff and a chest physician team on quality of life, evaluated after 6 months by the Short Form (36) Health Survey. | The Short Form (36) Health Survey is a 36-item, patient-reported survey of patient health. The Short Form (36) Health Survey consists of eight scaled scores, which are the weighted sums of the questions in their section. Each scale is directly transformed into a 0-100 scale on the assumption that each question carries equal weight. The lower the score the more disability. The higher the score the less disability i.e., a score of zero is equivalent to maximum disability and a score of 100 is equivalent to no disability. The eight sections are: vitality, physical functioning, bodily pain, general health perceptions, physical role functioning, emotional role functioning, social role functioning, mental health. This score has already been used for IPF | at 6 months after inclusion | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on the benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on Mood and depression | evaluated by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression questionnaire. Understanding of diagnosis and therapeutic objectives, frequency of drafting of advance directives Respiratory symptoms (dyspnea) The course of care, the use of palliative care stays and the duration of hospital stays (number and duration of hospitalizations). Overall survival and place of death. | at 3 and 6 months after inclusion | 
| The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on Understanding of diagnosis and therapeutic objectives, frequency of drafting of advance directives. | the benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on Understanding of diagnosis and therapeutic objectives, frequency of drafting of advance directives will be evaluated by the illness understanding questionnaire. | at 3 and 6 months after inclusion | 
| The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on Respiratory symptoms (dyspnea) | The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on Respiratory symptoms (dyspnea) will be evaluated by St George's respiratory questionnaire (SGRQ) and Transition Dyspnea Index (TDI) | at 3 and 6 months after inclusion | 
| The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on the course of care. | the benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on the course of care, the use of palliative care stays and the duration of hospital stays (number and duration of hospitalizations) | at 3 and 6 months after inclusion | 
| The benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on the Overall survival. | the benefit of the systematic, formalized and joint intervention of a supportive care and a pneumologist team on the Overall survival measured between inclusion and date of death or last news. | between inclusion and date of death or last news. (survival follow-up visit at month 12) | 
| Carry out a medico-economic study evaluating the incremental cost-utility and cost-effectiveness ratio (overall survival criterion) | This outcome is evaluated by the medico-economic questionnaire : EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire (EQ-5D) | at 3 and 6 months after inclusion | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, palliative care