A Primary Palliative Care Intervention for Patients With Advanced Cancer
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Official title
A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Primary Palliative Care Intervention (CONNECT) for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Brief summary
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The overall goal of this study is to test whether a nurse-led intervention to improve provision of primary palliative care within oncology practices (CONNECT) can decrease morbidity for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers. The specific aims are to: Aim 1. Assess the effects of CONNECT on patient quality of life (primary outcome), symptom burden, and mood at 3-month follow-up. Aim 2. Assess the effects of CONNECT on caregiver burden and mood at 3-month follow-up. Aim 3. Assess the effects of CONNECT on healthcare resource use over 1 year of follow-up.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02712229
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 1,290 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 26, 2016
- Primary completion
- Jan 26, 2020
- Completion
- Oct 14, 2020
- Last update posted
- Apr 7, 2021
2016 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Cancer Centers | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15232 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 7, 2021 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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