Status:
COMPLETED
Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and their families.
Detailed Description
Patients with serious cancers, like advanced lung cancer, often experience physical symptoms, such as pain or shortness of breath. In addition, both patients and their loved ones (family and friends) ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient Eligibility Criteria
- Diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer being treated with non-curative intent, and informed of advanced disease within the prior twelve weeks
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status from 0 (asymptomatic) to 3 (symptomatic and in bed \>50% of the day)
- The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
- Receiving primary cancer care at one of the participating sites
- Age \> or = 18 years
- Lives in a state where their institutions' palliative care clinicians are licensed to practice
- Caregiver Eligibility Criteria
- Relative or friend who is identified by the patient participant and lives with the patient or has contact with them at least twice per week
- The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
- Age \> or = 18 years
Exclusion
- Patient Exclusion Criteria
- Already receiving outpatient palliative care or hospice services
- Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
- Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
- Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 15 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
1798 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03375489
Start Date
June 15 2018
End Date
December 31 2024
Last Update
May 16 2025
Active Locations (23)
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1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
2
City of Hope
Los Angeles, California, United States, 91010
3
University of California - San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States, 94121
4
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045