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Reducing Disparities in Rural Advanced Cancer Patients and Caregivers

NCT03456596 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2018-03-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Purpose of this project is to implement ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) at four community cancer practices that have a high percentage of rural and/or medically-underserved patients diagnosed with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. The ENABLE principal investigator (PI) and the Coordinating Center team are located at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Site teams are - Spartanburg SC/Gibbs Cancer Center, Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of South Alabama/Mitchell Cancer Institute, UAB Division of Gynecologic Oncology and UAB Department of Hematology Oncology.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

ENABLE

This is an implementation science study in which an evidence-based early palliative care intervention, ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends), is being implemented in rural community cancer centers that did not have a palliative care program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    collaborator FED

  • University of South Alabama

    collaborator OTHER

  • Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

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