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CTRI Number  CTRI/2022/03/040714 [Registered on: 02/03/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 25/02/2022
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   PROSPECTIVE 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Assessing Why Do Cancer Patients Seek health Care late and Its Implication In Patient Care 
Scientific Title of Study   To Assess The Factors Responsible For Delayed Presentation Of Cancer Patients To Tertiary Centre and Its Implication in Patient Care 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DR Sushma Bhatnagar 
Designation  HOD, Dept Of ONCO-ANAESTHESIA AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 
Affiliation  AIIMS, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no.243 , Dept of Oncoanesthesia and palliative medicine. BRAIRCH, AIIMS New Delhi Aurobindo Marg . Ansari Nagar New Delhi-110029

New Delhi
DELHI
110016
India 
Phone  9811326453  
Fax    
Email  sushmabhatnagar1@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Sushma Bhatnagar 
Designation  HOD Dept.of ONCO-ANAESTHESIA AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 
Affiliation  AIIMS, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no.243 Dept of Oncoanesthesia and palliative medicine BRAIRCH, AIIMS New Delhi Aurobindo Marg Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029

New Delhi
DELHI
110016
India 
Phone  9811326453  
Fax    
Email  sushmabhatnagar1@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Sushma Bhatnagar 
Designation  HOD, Dept. Of ONCO-ANAESTHESIA AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 
Affiliation  AIIMS, NEW DELHI 
Address  Room no.243 Dept of Oncoanesthesia and palliative medicine BRAIRCH, AIIMS New Delhi Aurobindo Marg Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029

New Delhi
DELHI
110016
India 
Phone  9811326453  
Fax    
Email  sushmabhatnagar1@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
AIIMS, New Delhi 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  AIIMS NEW DELHI 
Address  Aurobindo Marg, Ansari nagar New Delhi 110029 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
AIIMS NEW DELHI  Aurobindo Marg, Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
DR ARKANIL GAIN  AIIMS, NEW DELHI  Room no.243 Dept of Oncoanesthesia and palliative medicine BRAIRCH, AIIMS New Delhi Aurobindo Marg Ansari Nagar New Delhi 110029
New Delhi
DELHI 
9609464613

docgainarkanil@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
INSTITUTE ETHICS COMMITTEE  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: C00-D49||Neoplasms,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1 Age more than or equal to 18 years.
2 Patients diagnosed with stage III and stage IV malignancy.
3. Any metastatic malignancy.
4. Patient directly presenting to palliative medicine OPD.
5. Patients giving informed consent to participate in the study
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
1.Patients with malignancy who have been diagnosed and treated previously.
2. Patients with early-stage disease (stage I and stage II disease).
3.Patients not giving consent to participate in the study.
4 . Patient with impaired cognitive function
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
The cause of delay which can be ignorance, transport issues, stigma, fear .

 
At Baseline
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To assess how the intervention of palliative medicine helped in the course of the patient.


To assess how the intervention of palliative medicine helped in the course of the patient.


 
4 weeks 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="100"
Sample Size from India="100" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/03/2022 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   THE PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH ADVANCED C=MALIGNANCY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR OPD, AHO DIDNT GET ANY PRIOR CURATIVE TREATMENT WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THE CAUSES OF LATE PRESENTATION. OVER THE 18 MONTHS WE WILL TRY TO ASSESS THE CAUSES AND THE IMPACT PALLIATIVE MEDICINE’S INTERVENTION IN THE PATIENT’S CONDITION WILL HAVE. WE WILL USE A SEMI- STRUCTURED QUESTIONNARE TO ASSESS THE CAUSES. WE WILL ASSESSS THE IMPACT PALLIATIVE MEDICINE HAD ON THE CARE IN THE SUBSEQUENT FOLLOWUPS AFTER 4 WEEKS , 
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