by Anouk van Oss, Joanne M. van der Velden, Helena M.
Verkooijen, Rebecca van Jaarsveld, Ginette M. Hesselmann, Evelien J.M.
Kuip, Paulien G. Westhoff, Natasja J.H.
Raijmakers, Yvette M. van der Linden, Roxanne Gal Background Patients living with advanced cancer often benefit from palliative care.
Timely referral to specialist palliative care improves quality of life and reduces potentially inappropriate end-of-life care. Despite these benefits, specialist palliative care is frequently introduced late and inconsistently.
This study evaluates whether systematically offering a consultation with the hospital palliative care consultation team (PCCT) to all patients referred for radiotherapy for symptomatic bone metastases improves satisfaction with care. Patients and Methods The Timely Integration of Palliative Care in Oncology care for patients referred for palliative RadioTherapy (TIPZO-RT) trial follows the Trials within Cohorts design and is embedded within the PRospective Evaluation of interventional StudiEs on boNe meTastases (PRESENT+) cohort.
Following cohort enrollment, 246 patients will be randomized (1:1) to either the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group are offered a PCCT consultation, which they may accept or refrain from.
PLOS ONE (Medicine) published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 22 May 2026.
The item focuses on Timely Integration of specialist palliative care into oncology care for patients receiving radiotherapy for bone metastases: A study procotol for the TIPZO-RT Randomized Controlled Trial.
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