Using an End-of-life Conversation Game to Engage Patients With Cancer in Advance Care Planning
The goal of this clinical trial is to explore feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of end-of-life conversation game "Hello" as a tool to help individuals with breast, lung, and/or genito-urinary cancers treated at Penn State Cancer Institute and their loved ones perform advance care planning. The main questions it aims to answer are: * What modifications and/or adaptations are necessary to Hello for use in cancer populations? * How do different delivery models compare for recruitment in terms of feasibility and efficiency? Participants will: * Complete pre-game questionnaires * Play the Hello game * Complete post-game questionnaires * Participate in a focus group
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Checked against the public recordLast updated Feb 28, 2024 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
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Interventional
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Study sponsor
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Interventions being studied
- Other: End-of-life conversation game called "Hello"
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Who may be able to participate
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- Cancer Patient:
- Adults (\> 18 years old)
- Able to speak and read English
- Be an individual diagnosed with breast, lung, or genitourinary/prostate cancer as verified by primary oncologist or is the chosen caregiver for a participant with those cancers
- Receives care at Penn State Health or is the chosen caregiver for a participant treated at Penn State Health Inclusion Criteria Caregiver/Loved one:
- Adults (\> 18 years old)
- Able to speak and read English and/or Spanish
- Be the chosen caregiver for a participant with cancer
- Cancer Patient:
- Anyone \<18 years of age
- Anyone unable to speak and read English
- Unable to provide informed consent
- Receives cancer care exclusively outside of Penn State Health
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Penn State Cancer InstituteHershey, Pennsylvania
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