Status:

COMPLETED

Piloting 'mPal,' a Multilevel Strategy for Palliative Care Implementation

Lead Sponsor:

Laurie McLouth

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Conditions:

Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-100 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of mPal, a multilevel implementation strategy to improve palliative care use among advanced stage lung cancer patients receivin...

Detailed Description

In this study, 60 advanced stage lung cancer patients will be randomized to mPal's patient-level component or usual care. Oncology providers will receive the mPal intervention. mPal is designed to hel...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • new or recurrent AJCC stage IIIb-IV non-small cell lung cancer or extensive stage small cell lung cancer
  • ECOG performance status 0-3/Karnofsky 40-100
  • at least three weeks into active oncologic treatment (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, chemo-immunotherapy)

Exclusion

  • unstable brain metastases
  • Cognitive (i.e., dementia) or psychiatric condition (e.g., psychotic disorder) for which participating would be inappropriate
  • Receiving palliative care
  • Unable to speak and read English

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 28 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

75 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05270395

Start Date

July 28 2022

End Date

June 1 2024

Last Update

May 13 2025

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40506