Supportive Care for Patients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

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Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

The aims of this project are to assess the feasibility of recruiting patients and delivering a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer and to assess if among patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer, the investigators can estimate the effect of a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention on quality-of-life, symptom burden and patient satisfaction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01883986

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

41

Starts

2014-02-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-31

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients diagnosed at the Puget Sound Health Care System with a primary diagnosis of lung cancer,
• any cell type or stage,
• diagnosed within 8 weeks of study enrollment.
• Must have telephone access,
• ability of understand English and
• provide informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients not eligible to participate in the study include those who are inpatients prior to randomization,
• those who are under the care of palliative care or hospice at the time of randomization,
• those who have severe mental health disorders,
• those who are unable to speak directly with the nurse over the telephone,
• or those that have the inability to provide informed consent. Investigators will recruit individuals (n=40) with lung cancer over a 12 month period.

Where it is running

• VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA — Seattle, Washington, United States

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