Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer
This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and their families.
Checked against the public recordLast updated May 16, 2025 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Interventions being studied
- Other: Telehealth Palliative Care; Other: In-person Palliative Care
How this study is categorized
These labels come from structured fields and exact terms in the public record.
Who may be able to participate
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient Eligibility Criteria * Diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer being treated with non-curative intent, and informed of advanced disease within the prior twelve weeks * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status from 0 (asymptomatic) to 3 (symptomatic and in bed \>50% of the day) * The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish * Receiving primary cancer care at one of the participating sites * Age \> or = 18 years * Lives in a state where their institutions' palliative care clinicians are licensed to practice * Caregiver Eligibility Criteria * Relative or friend who is identified by the patient participant and lives with the patient or has contact with them at least twice per week * The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish * Age \> or = 18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patient Exclusion Criteria * Already receiving outpatient palliative care or hospice services * Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation * Caregiver Exclusion Criteria * Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama
- City of HopeLos Angeles, California
- University of California - San FranciscoSan Francisco, California
- University of ColoradoAurora, Colorado
- Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia
- Northwestern University School of MedicineChicago, Illinois
- Rush University Medical CenterChicago, Illinois
- University of Kansas Medical CenterWestwood, Kansas
- Johns Hopkins MedicineBaltimore, Maryland
- Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
- Dana Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, Massachusetts
- University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan
Source and freshness
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