Status:
COMPLETED
Living Well With Serious Illness "Wicokuje Sica Tuha Akisniya Wiconi": Wawokiya Health Advocate Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
South Dakota State University
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Informed by a Community Advisory Board (CAB) and community assessments performed in the first phase of work funded through R01CA240080, this study will test a wawokiya (one who helps) health advocate ...
Detailed Description
One of the greatest areas of need in cancer care for American Indians in the Northern Plains is palliative care.Defined as the services needed to live well with serious illness, access to palliative c...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
- Carry an active invasive cancer diagnosis (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
- Self-report as a member of a federally recognized tribe
- Reside on Pine Ridge, Rosebud, or Cheyenne River Indian Reservations or within the Contract Health Service Delivery Area of the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, or Rosebud IHS Service Unit
- Able to complete baseline surveys
- Able to provide informed consent
- A clinician responds "no" to the question: "Would it be a surprise if this person died in the next 12 months?"
Exclusion
- Do not meet any of the above criteria
- Caregivers
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Are greater than or equal to 18 years old
- Reside in Pine Ridge, Rosebud, or Cheyenne River Indian Reservations or within the Contract Health Service Delivery Area of the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, or Rosebud IHS Service Unit
- Identified as caregiver by an enrolled patient;
- Caregiver will be defined as anyone who patients identify as a consistent source of physical, mental, emotional or spiritual support.
- Able to complete baseline survey
- Able to provide informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
44 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05208606
Start Date
February 1 2023
End Date
December 31 2024
Last Update
May 12 2025
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Walking Forward - Avera Research Institute
Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, 57701