Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Impact of Early Palliative Care on Overall Survival of Patients With Metastatic Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers, Treated With First-line Chemotherapy: a Randomized Phase III Trial
Brief Summary: This prospective, randomized, open-label and multicenter phase III study is aimed to estimate the survival benefit of Early Palliative Care (EPC) combined with standard oncology care including first-line chemotherapy (experimental arm) over standard oncology care only (standard arm), in patients with metastatic upper gastrointestinal cancers (gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, biliary tract cancers).