Currow, David C.

Selected Publications

• Journal Article

  Year	Title
  2019	Comparability of the Australian National Cancer Symptom Trials (CST) Group's Study Populations to National Referrals to Non-CST Specialist Palliative Care Services Participating in the Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 57 Pages e9 - e14 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2019	Economic evaluation of the randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of chronic cancer pain Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 33 Pages 74 - 81 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2019	Prevalence and severity of sleep difficulty in patients with a CNS cancer receiving palliative care in Australia Published In Neuro-Oncology Volume Online First Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1522-8517 Altmetric
  2019	The trajectory of functional decline over the last 4 months of life in a palliative care population: A prospective, consecutive cohort study Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 33 Pages 693 - 703 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2018	Comparability of the Cancer Supportive Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (CSCCSC) study population to national referrals to other specialist palliative care services. Published In Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 36 Page p. 63 ISSN 0732-183X
  2018	Perceptions of the care received from Australian palliative care services: A caregiver perspective Published In Palliative and Supportive Care Volume 16 Pages 198 - 208 ISSN 1478-9523 Altmetric
  2017	Efficacy of oral risperidone, haloperidol, or placebo for symptoms of delirium among patients in palliative care: a randomized clinical trial Published In JAMA Internal Medicine Volume 177 Pages 34 - 42 ISSN 2168-6106 Altmetric
  2016	A phase III, multi-site, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled parallel arm study of daily extended release (ER) morphine for chronic breathlessness Published In European Respiratory Journal Volume 48 Pages 1 - 1 ISSN 0903-1936 Altmetric
  2016	A survey of patients’ experience of pain and other symptoms while receiving care from palliative care services Published In BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Volume 6 Pages 315 - 322 Altmetric
  2016	Breathlessness during the last week of life in palliative care: An Australian prospective, longitudinal study Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 51 Pages 816 - 823 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2016	Clinical trials of medicinal cannabis for appetite-related symptoms from advanced cancer: a survey of preferences, attitudes and beliefs among patients willing to consider participation Published In Internal Medicine Journal Volume 46 Pages 1269 - 1275 ISSN 1444-0903 Altmetric
  2016	EAPC White Paper on outcome measurement in palliative care: Improving practice, attaining outcomes and delivering quality services - Recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Outcome Measurement Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 30 Pages 6 - 22 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2016	Embedding objective measurements of quality into routine practice in hospice/palliative care Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 52 Pages e5 - e7 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2016	Palliative care problem severity score: Reliability and acceptability in a national study Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 30 Pages 479 - 485 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2016	Physical symptoms at the time of dying was diagnosed: a consecutive cohort study to describe the prevalence and intensity of problems experienced by imminently dying palliative care patients by diagnosis and place of care Published In Journal of Palliative Medicine Volume 19 Pages 1288 - 1295 ISSN 1096-6218 Altmetric
  2015	Better informing decision making with multiple outcomes cost-effectiveness analysis under uncertainty in cost-disutility space Published In PLoS One Volume 10 Pages e0115544-1 - e0115544-19 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
  2015	Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised trial of octreotide in malignant bowel obstruction Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 49 Pages 814 - 821 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2015	Improving national hospice/palliative care service symptom outcomes systematically through point-of-care data collection, structured feedback and benchmarking Published In Supportive Care in Cancer Volume 23 Pages 307 - 315 ISSN 0941-4355 Altmetric
  2015	Phase III randomised double-blind controlled trial of oral risperidone, haloperidol or placebo with rescue subcutaneous midazolam for delirium management in palliative care Published In Australasian Journal on Ageing Volume 34 Pages 33 - 33 ISSN 1440-6381 Altmetric
  2014	Preliminary development and validation of a new end-of-life patient-reported outcome measure assessing the ability of patients to finalise their affairs at the end of life Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e94316-1 - e94316-10 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
  2013	Is home-based palliative care cost effective? An economic evaluation of the Palliative Care Extended Packages at Home (PEACH) pilot Published In BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Volume 3 Pages 431 - 435 Altmetric
  2013	Reply to K. Jackson et al and W. Leppert Published In Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 31 Pages 1375 - 1376 ISSN 0732-183X Altmetric
  2012	Randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study to assess the efficacy and toxicity of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer pain Published In Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 30 Pages 3611 - 3617 ISSN 0732-183X Altmetric
  2012	Referral patterns and proximity to palliative care inpatient services by level of socio-economic disadvantage. A national study using spatial analysis. Published In BMC Health Services Research Volume 12 Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 1472-6963 Altmetric
  2010	Reliability testing of the FAMCARE-2 scale: Measuring family carer satisfaction with palliative care Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 24 Pages 674 - 681 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2010	The Australian palliative care outcomes collaboration (PCOC) measuring the quality and outcomes of palliative care on a routine basis Published In Australian Health Review Volume 34 Pages 186 - 192 ISSN 0156-5788 Altmetric
  2010	The old dog and the poor relation: informing funding decisions in palliative care with cost-consequence analysis in the cost-disutility plane Published In Palliative Medicine Volume 24 Pages S207 - S207 ISSN 0269-2163 Altmetric
  2009	Current funding and financing issues in the Australian hospice and palliative care sector Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 38 Pages 68 - 74 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2009	Measuring Impacts of Value to Patients Is Crucial When Evaluating Palliative Care Published In Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 37 Pages e7 - e9 ISSN 0885-3924 Altmetric
  2008	Is It Feasible and Desirable to Collect Voluntarily Quality and Outcome Data Nationally in Palliative Oncology Care? Published In Journal of Clinical Oncology Volume 26 Pages 3853 - 3859 ISSN 0732-183X Altmetric
  2007	Clinlcal practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers Published In Medical Journal of Australia Pages S76 - S108 ISSN 0025-729X

• Conference Paper

  Year	Title
  2015	Improving national palliative care service symptom outcomes systematically through point-of-care data collection, structured feedback and benchmarking. Published In 13th Australian Palliative Care Conference Pages 1 - 79
  2015	International advances in outcome measurement in palliative care: One step closer to cross-national comparisons of routinely collected outcome data in palliative care Published In 14th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Pages 1 - 1

• Report

  Year	Title
  2014	Case studies: palliative care in Vital Signs 2014: The State of Safety and Quality in Australian Health Care Publisher Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care External URL Case studies: palliative care in Vital Signs 2014: The State of Safety and Quality in Australian Health Care