An Intervention to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cancer

In brief

1.) To integrate discharge planning into an intervention provided by advanced practice nurses (APRNs)for patients with advanced cancer, 2.) To evaluate the effects of the intervention, and 3.) To explore the reach, adoption, and implementation of the intervention to facilitate the transition of patients from surgery/biopsy/chemotherapy to medical oncology in a comprehensive cancer center.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01272024

Run by

Yale University

People needed

146

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2013-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-15

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• primary diagnosis of advanced lung, GI, Head \& Neck, and Lung cancers
• post-surgical/or post-biopsy with physician's order for cancer treatment
• age 21 years or older
• lives within 50 of Yale New Haven Hospital
• has 2 or more co-morbid conditions
• has an emotional distress thermometer score of greater than or equal to 4-

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Hospital/Smilow Cancer Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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