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Supportive Care for Patients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

NCT01883986 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2017-01-31

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Summary

The aims of this project are to assess the feasibility of recruiting patients and delivering a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer and to assess if among patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer, the investigators can estimate the effect of a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention on quality-of-life, symptom burden and patient satisfaction.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Palliative Care

Care delivered by a nurse including symptom assessment and management, patient education on lung cancer and treatment options , discussion and communication about preferences for care, psychosocial assessment including referrals to ancillary services such as social services and spiritual care as requested by the patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lynn F. Reinke, PhD ARNP · VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Division, Seattle, WA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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