SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Malignant Neoplasm, Home Care Services, Quality of LIfe, Unplanned Hospitalization
In brief
To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05636384
- Run by
- Seoul National University Hospital
- People needed
- 396
- Starts
- 2022-07-25
- Expected to finish
- 2026-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-12-05
Who can join
Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Both the patient and their family caregiver must meet the criteria to be considered for this research.
- Patient
- A person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment
- A person who meets one of the following conditions
- Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2
- Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 1 and is over 70 years of age
- A person who wishes to stay at home
- A person whose family caregiver resides at home
- A person who wishes to participate in the research
- Family Caregiver
- A family* member of the patient
- Family: refers to the patient's spouse (including a common-law partner), descendants and their spouses up to the second degree, siblings and their spouses, and relatives and their spouses up to the eighth degree.
- A person who meets one of the following conditions:
- Lives with the patient (patient's household member)
- Does not live with the patient, but visits the patient's home more than three times a week
- A person who wants the patient to stay at home
- A person who can communicate easily with medical staff
- A person who wishes to participate in the research
You may not qualify if…
- If either the patient or the family caregiver meets any one of these criteria, they are excluded from the study.
- Patient
- A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
- A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
- A person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)*
- This condition is not applicable for the control group.
- A person who has used hospital- or home-type hospice and palliative care services
- A person who is under the age of 19
- Family Caregiver
- A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
- A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
- A person under the age of 19
Where it is running
- Dongguk University Medical Center — Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (enrolling)
- Bundang CHA Hospital — Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (enrolling)
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital — Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea (enrolling)
- Seoul National University Hospital — Seoul, South Korea (enrolling)
- Chung-Ang University Hosptial — Seoul, South Korea (enrolling)
- Kyung Hee University Hospital — Seoul, South Korea (enrolling)
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