Care Transition Intervention for Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT05142345 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 286

Last updated 2025-10-02

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Summary

This study is examining whether a care transition intervention, CONTINUUM (CONTINUity of care Under Management by video visits), consisting of a supportive care-focused video visit with an oncology nurse practitioner (NP) within three business days of hospital discharge, may improve post-discharge transitions of care for recently hospitalized patients with advanced cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CONTINUUM Intervention

The intervention, CONTINUUM (CONTINUity of care Under Management by video visits), consists of a video visit conducted by an oncology nurse practitioner within three business days of hospital discharge, to: (1) reconcile medications, (2) manage symptoms, (3) review the post-hospital care plan for hospitalization-specific issues, and (4) schedule follow-up with the outpatient oncology team.

OTHER

Usual Care

Patients assigned to the usual care group will have their post-discharge follow-up scheduled per hospital, outpatient oncology team, and patient preference.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conquer Cancer Foundation

    collaborator OTHER
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel E Lage, 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
2021-12-15
Primary Completion
2025-01-30
Completion
2025-03-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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