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Enhancing Community Capacity to Improve Cancer Care Delivery
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT04107116
Purpose
Undertreated patient symptoms and resulting acute care use require approaches that improve symptom-burden. Previously a a lay health worker (LHW)-led symptom screening intervention was developed for patients with advanced cancer. This intervention will be expanded to all patients with cancer and the LHW will be trained to refer patients to palliative care and behavioral health. This intervention will evaluate the effect on symptom-burden, survival, healthcare use, and total costs.
Official Title
Enhancing Community Capacity to Improve Cancer Care Delivery: The Effect of a Lay Health Worker Intervention on Patient-reported Symptoms, Healthcare Use, Total Costs of Care, and End-of-life Care Delivery
Stanford Investigator(s)
Manali Patel
Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* Newly diagnosed with cancer
* Diagnosis of relapse or progressive disease (any cancer diagnosis) as identified by imaging or biopsy and confirmed by physician.
* Must be 18 years or older.
* Must have capacity to verbally consent
Exclusion Criteria:
-Inability to consent to the study due to lack of capacity as documented by the referring physician.
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Program participants
other: Usual Care
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305