Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Electronic Patient Reporting of Symptoms and Unmet Needs to Connect Patients With Advanced Cancer to Palliative Care Services
Lead Sponsor:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
American Cancer Society (ACS)
Conditions:
Palliative Care Referral
Advanced Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study is testing whether electronic surveys can help patients with advanced cancer report their symptoms and care needs so their doctors can connect them to palliative/supportive care services so...
Detailed Description
Patients with advanced cancer often experience a range of symptoms and needs while undergoing treatment. Palliative care services aim to address these needs and improve quality of life by preventing a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria
- Age ≥18 years.
- Diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic, incurable thoracic, gastrointestinal, or breast solid tumor.
- Receiving active cancer-directed therapy longitudinally in the outpatient oncology clinic and expected to continue treatment.
- Exclusion Criteria
- Members of vulnerable populations, including infants, minors, individuals unable to provide informed consent, and those who are incarcerated or imprisoned at the time of enrollment.
- Already established with palliative care, defined as having a scheduled future palliative care appointment, a pending referral, or a visit with palliative care within the past 90 days.
- Unable to provide informed consent in English.
- Cognitive impairment that, in the judgment of the treating clinician, would preclude study participation.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2028
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT07195513
Start Date
October 1 2025
End Date
October 1 2028
Last Update
September 26 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756