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Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer

NCT03375489 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1798

Last updated 2025-05-16

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Summary

This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and their families.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Telehealth Palliative Care

Teleconference meeting with the palliative care team. Palliative care is a medical specialty focused on lessening (or "palliating") patients' symptoms and helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness.

OTHER

In-person Palliative Care

In-person meeting with the palliative care team. Palliative care is a medical specialty focused on lessening (or "palliating") patients' symptoms and helping patients and their families cope with a serious illness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Palliative Care Research Cooperative Group

    collaborator NETWORK

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Temel, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-15
Primary Completion
2024-04-04
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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