Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
Lead Sponsor:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Conditions:
Cancer
End Stage Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study aims to find out if community health worker (CHW) support will improve palliative care outcomes in African American patients with advanced cancer, by comparing the quality of life of patient...
Detailed Description
This research is being done to establish the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker based palliative care intervention among African American patients with advanced solid organ malignancies and th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient
- Self-identified African American patients with advanced (AJCC stage III or IV) solid organ malignancy
- \>=18 years old
- English speaking
- Intact cognition and ability to provide informed consent
- Patient
Exclusion
- Participants \< 18 years of age
- Participants who are already receiving palliative care services
- Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (\>=18 years old) caregivers providing informal (unpaid) care to an eligible African American cancer patient (related or unrelated)
- English speaking
- Intact cognition and ability to provide informed consent
- Caregiver
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 2 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05407844
Start Date
November 2 2023
End Date
September 1 2027
Last Update
November 26 2025
Active Locations (4)
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1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
2
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205
3
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, Inc.
Salisbury, Maryland, United States, 21801
4
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157