Status:
RECRUITING
The COMPASSION Study
Lead Sponsor:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this research study is to better understand the in-home hospice experience for participants, caregivers, hospice nurses, and oncology providers by conducting telehealth check-ins between pa...
Detailed Description
The aim of this research study is to better understand the in-home hospice experience for participants, caregivers, hospice nurses, and oncology providers by conducting telehealth check-ins between pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient of any gender with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer
- Eligible for in-home hospice services and referred by DFCI clinical team to in-home hospice \</= 1 week before enrollment
- Ability to conduct video or phone check-ins, even if assistance required.
- Able to provide verbal consent with a willingness to take a survey at 4-6 weeks, if medically able
- Hospice setting is within Massachusetts
- Non-English language allowed but interpreter services must be present at each meeting and will be coordinated by scheduling team
- Willingness to provide a caregiver/loved one's contact information for survey contact at 4 weeks after enrollment
Exclusion
- Unable to provide verbal consent
- Hospice care planned outside of a home setting (note: if participants start out in a home hospice setting but later transition their hospice care to an inpatient setting, enrollment is allowed as long as they started in a home setting)
- Hospice setting outside of Massachusetts
- Individuals who are under the age of 18, as this is not a project focused on pediatric patients.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06507930
Start Date
September 1 2024
End Date
March 1 2027
Last Update
October 9 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215