Palliative Care Interventions for Outpatients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer: Phase II

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

The focus of the study is to test a nurse-led telephone-based palliative care intervention on improving the delivery of care for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer. The study is a three site randomized control trial to determine the efficacy of the intervention on improving patients' quality of life, symptom burden, and satisfaction of care. Additionally, the study will test an innovative care delivery model to improve patients' access to palliative care. The investigators will also determine the effect of the intervention on patient activation to discuss treatment preferences with their clinician and on clinician knowledge of patients' goals of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03007953

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

151

Starts

2016-12-05

Expected to finish

2019-12-11

Last updated by the study team

2023-07-27

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, Birmingham VA, or Portland VA with a primary diagnosis of lung cancer that requires more than surgical resection:
• diagnosed within 8 weeks of recruitment
• must have telephone access
• ability to understand English
• able to participate in informed consent process

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

Where it is running

• Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
• VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA — Seattle, Washington, United States

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