Actively Recruiting
Engagement of Veterans With Lung Cancer (EVLC)
Led by Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research · Updated on 2026-03-03
194
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
P
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research
Lead Sponsor
U
United States Department of Defense
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Researchers are evaluating whether additional support from a lay health worker can improve the quality of life for Veterans with lung cancer. This study focuses on those newly diagnosed or receiving treatment, or who have completed treatment within the past 12 months. It also aims to assess if this support reduces emergency and hospital visits, affects anxiety and depression, patient activation, and communication about care goals. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group receives usual care from their oncology clinical team. The other group receives usual care plus weekly telephone calls from a trained lay health worker for six months. These calls help with healthcare planning, symptom management, and discussions about care preferences and goals. All participants will complete surveys at the start of the study and every three months for one year. Researchers will review health-related quality of life, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, anxiety and depression levels, patient activation, documentation of goals of care, and use of palliative or hospice care. The study will last 12 months per participant with ongoing assessments throughout.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Engagement of Veterans With Lung Cancer
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Veteran patients with diagnosis of any stage of lung cancer
- 18 years of age or older
- English- or Spanish-speaking
- Can self-administer questionnaires in English or Spanish
- Valid telephone number
- Receiving oncology care at participating sites
- Newly diagnosed or receiving or having completed systemic anti-cancer therapy and/or radiation therapy within 12 months
You will not qualify if you...
- No capacity to consent
- Actively receiving hospice care
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Your Study Journey
Duration - 2 to 4 weeks
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.
1 visit (in-person or phone)
Duration - At enrollment
Participants are enrolled and complete baseline surveys about their health-related quality of life, anxiety, depression, and patient activation.
1 visit (in-person or phone)
Duration - 6 months
Participants receive either usual oncology care or usual care plus weekly telephone support from a lay health worker to assist with healthcare planning, symptom management, and discussions about care preferences and goals for 6 months.
Weekly telephone calls for 6 months (only for participants in the lay health worker group)
Duration - 12 months from enrollment
Participants complete surveys on health-related quality of life, patient activation, anxiety, depression, and goals of care discussions at regular intervals during and after treatment.
Surveys at enrollment, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months post-enrollment
Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS)
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Manali I Patel, MD MPH MS
M
Madhuri Agrawal, MS
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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