Early palliative care for patients with glioblastoma: A randomized phase III clinical trial (EPCOG)
Provided that the survival difference is included in the analysis, EIPC improves QoL in glioblastoma patients. This, in addition to improved mood and PC problems, demonstrates that EIPC sustainably improves 'how to live' but not 'length of life'.
Authors
- Sophia Kochs
- Claudia Bausewein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0958-3041)
- Stefanie Kolmhuber
- Niklas Schäfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2258-0275)
- Manuela Schallenburger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3364-6137)
- M. Spickermann
- Karla Steinberger
- Eva Lehmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1466-8779)
- Wiebke Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-2542)
- Stefan Josef Grau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9742-527X)
- Debora Cipriani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0618-0124)
- Roman Rolke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-8574)
- Francisco Gabriel Jiménez-Núñez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-6842)
- Christiane Landwehr
- S Streitwieser
- Franziska Schwartzkopff
- Marcel Alexander Kamp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1252-2944)
- Márcia Regina Machein
- Roland Goldbrunner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1927-0022)
- Christina Schaub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-4183)
- Caterina Quente
- Bonnie Zimmer
- Erdem Güresir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8319-0847)
- Petra Winter
- Alina Glebova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7832-7113)
- Silvia F. Matte
- Louisa von Baumgarten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-0927)
- Gina Fürtjes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-9984)
- Hartmut Vatter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9999-7282)
- Daniele Civello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7905-3292)
- Daniel Rueß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1811-5132)
- Nicolas Neidert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-1138)
- Marion Rapp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-244X)
- Melanie Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0130-3348)
- M. Vernet Tomas
- Sabine Opitz
- Catharina Schröter
- Oliver Schnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1284-1427)
- Martin Hellmich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5174-928X)
- B Haberland
- Christoph Barth
- Stefanie Hamacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-9101)
- Heidrun Golla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-630X)
- Jacqueline Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-1292)
- Raymond Voltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-3395)
- Christopher Boehlke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6985-0201)
- Auke van Bruggen
- Sarah J. Stock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-856X)
- Yashar Naseri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0965-919X)
- D. Mulller
- Saskia Jünger
- Nadja Jarc
- Iris Appelmann
- N. Koch
- Dieter Henrik Heiland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9258-3033)
- Ulrich Herrlinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-9327)
- Gerhild Becker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-0285)
- Birgit Jaspers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0643-3128)
- Sonja Hiddemann
- Michaela Hesse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-8513)
- Lukas Radbruch
- C. Stratmann
- J. Daniuk
- Myriam Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4886-3174)
- Niklas Thon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0011-5281)
- Patrick Melich
- Irini Papachristou
- Hans Clusmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8258-9346)
- Kirsten Hüning
- Michael Sabel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1485-7820)
- Maximilian I. Ruge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0466-6646)
- T. van der Meer
- Norbert Krumm
- Martin Neukirchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2287-7896)
- Lena Dreher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-9432)
- Theresa Herttrich
- Charlotte Nettekoven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-4681)
- Isabel Franke
- Anna-Katharina Meißner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4150-7265)
- Anne Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2456-2492)
- Melanie Adler
- T Brumbarova
- Daniel Delev
- Mandy Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4466-5794)
- Berend Feddersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4172-2232)
- Bianca-Ioana Blaß
- Elke A. Trautwein
- Stefanie Lietke
- Petra Heiden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7295-5437)
- Jörg‐Christian Tonn
- Pamela Heiland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7954-2974)
- Katarina Drömer
- Niklas Von Spreckselsen
- Imke Bringer
- Hilde Cavelius
- Marita Kumschlies
- Manuela Langheimer
- Christina Thamm
- Mirco Muscheid
- Derya Tezel
- Nicole Dietrichs
- Lena Koschnitzke
- Natalie Meyer-Sevens
- Junko C Hübers
- Bianca Lauble
- Anna Vongerichten
- Anja Wiegleb-Brunet
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (DE)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neuro-Oncology
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noaf230
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- RWTH Aachen University
- Universität zu Köln
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn