Expanding the Reach of Palliative Care: Pilot Study of a Psychosocial Intervention in Latino Patients With Advanced Cancer

University of Colorado, Denver1 site in 1 country14 target enrollmentJanuary 23, 2018

ConditionsAdvanced Cancer

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Advanced Cancer
Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
Enrollment: 14
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Feasibility of Completion: number of patients that complete the study
Status: Completed
Last Updated: last year

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Palliative Care focuses on symptom management and quality of life and helps patients with life-limiting illness match goals and preferences for care. While there has been interest in and acknowledgement that palliative care is an important part of training patient navigators, there have been no previous studies examining the effectiveness of a navigation intervention to improve palliative care for patients. This study will examine the feasibility to implement patient navigator and psychosocial interventions.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 23, 2018

End Date

November 29, 2018

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Adults ages \> or = 18 years of age
•Must self-identify as Latino/a
•Have stage III/IV cancer
•Seeking or In treatment for their cancer (ie: not in hospice care)
•Not incarcerated
•Have at least moderate baseline distress (\> 4 on the NCCN Distress Thermometer) or positive screen for depression (PHQ-2 score \>=3) or anxiety (GAD-2 score \>=3)