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Supportive and Palliative Care Clinical Trials

Clinical trials for supportive and palliative care explore ways to improve the comfort and quality of life of cancer patients and cancer survivors. These trials may study ways to help people who are experiencing nausea, vomiting, sleep disorders, depression, or other effects from cancer or its treatment.

Clinical Trials for Supportive and Palliative Care
This page contains links to supportive and palliative care clinical trials being conducted in the United States that are now accepting participants. The trials are from NCI's PDQ® Cancer Clinical Trials Registry. Supportive and palliative care clinical trials focus on the management of symptoms related to cancer and its treatment and conditions that may occur after treatment or at the end of life.

Supportive Care Trial Results
Provides links to clinical trial results about supportive care (care given to improve a patient's quality of life).