NCT02473744

Oedematous Lower Limb Subcutaneous Drainage in Palliative Care

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT02473744
Registration Date2015-06-17
StatusTerminated
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Limoges
CountryFrance
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typemulticenter RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2015-07-27
Last Patient Out2017-07-20
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age18 Years -
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
10604ms / 9123 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
6501ms / 10439 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
4168ms / 8963 tok
Review
rct_type N/A N/A N/A OK
cancer_status non-cancer non-cancer → non-cancer
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: non-cancer Requery: non-cancer — The trial's eligibility criteria explicitly include palliative care patients with edema from any etiology, specifically noting 'whatever etiology involved (cancer, organ failure, hypoalbuminemia…)', indicating it is a mixed population rather than exclusively cancer.
non-cancer non-cancer → Cancer → non-cancer
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: non-cancer Requery: Cancer — The study specifically targets palliative care patients with edema and uses the EORTC QLQ C15 PAL questionnaire designed for palliative cancer care patients, indicating a cancer population. Thinking: non-cancer — Study includes palliative care patients with lower limb edema from any cause including cancer, organ failure, or hypoalbuminemia, making it a mixed population without cancer as primary criterion.
non-cancer Cancer → non-cancer → non-cancer
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: Cancer Requery: non-cancer — The trial focuses on lymphedema treatment in palliative care patients regardless of etiology, including cancer and non-cancer causes. Thinking: non-cancer — Eligibility allows any palliative patient with lower-limb edema regardless of cause, not restricted to malignancy.
OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient inpatient inpatient → mixed
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: inpatient Requery: mixed — The study explicitly mentions both ambulatory patients managed with absorbent pads and bedridden patients managed with collecting bags, indicating a mix of outpatient and inpatient care settings.
inpatient inpatient → inpatient → outpatient
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: inpatient Requery: inpatient — The study involves palliative care patients with Karnofsky Scale < 50% (indicating severe disability and need for considerable assistance), includes bedridden patients, and mentions collecting data 'on exit' suggesting patients are admitted during the intervention period. Thinking: outpatient — The trial does not explicitly state patients are hospitalized or admitted during the intervention, and per guidance, default to outpatient when not explicitly stated.
outpatient outpatient → inpatient → inpatient
shaky reasoning
✗ No consensus Initial: outpatient Requery: inpatient — The study involves palliative care patients, often indicating an inpatient setting, especially since the intervention targets bedridden individuals who are likely hospitalized. Thinking: inpatient — Daily bedside measurements up to discharge (“exit”) over a 7-day period in very low-Karnofsky palliative patients indicate the intervention is delivered while patients are admitted to a palliative care unit.
setting_place hospital hospital hospital OK
feasibility feasibility RCT feasibility RCT feasibility RCT OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio no no no OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device no no no OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no no no OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative yes yes yes OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other yes yes yes OK
outcome_symptom yes yes yes OK
outcome_qol yes yes yes OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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