Actively Recruiting
Mobile Health Application (PACT) to Improve Engagement in Advance Care Planning
Led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Updated on 2025-11-19
400
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
97 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
F
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Lead Sponsor
N
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This clinical trial tests a new mobile health application (app) called Planning Advance Care Together (PACT) to help people with cancer talk about and plan for advance care planning (the care they would want if they were unable to communicate) with their loved ones and doctors. The development of the PACT mobile app may help future patients incorporate their social network (typically, but not exclusively, family) into the advance care planning process.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Mobile Health Application (PACT) to Improve Engagement in Advance Care Planning
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of poor prognosis advanced cancer defined as locally advanced or metastatic cancer and/or disease progression following at least first line systemic therapy.
- Access to a mobile device with internet access to complete study procedures.
- Ability to provide informed consent.
- Identification and enrollment of a loved support person.
- Age 18 years or older.
- Support person (family member or friend) identified by the patient.
- Support person must speak English.
- Support person must be 18 years or older and able to provide informed consent.
- Provider currently practices or researches in advanced cancer care.
- Provider has at least 3 years of experience working with advanced cancer patients.
- Provider is 18 years or older and may come from various disciplines such as social work or oncology.
You will not qualify if you...
- Patient not fluent in English.
- Patient severely cognitively impaired as measured by Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire scores of 6 or higher.
- Patient too ill or weak to complete interviews.
- Patient currently receiving hospice care at enrollment.
- Patients under 18 years old.
- Patient resides outside the United States.
- Support persons and providers reside outside the United States.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
Northwell Health
Manhasset, New York, United States, 11030
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, United States, 10029
Active, Not Recruiting
3
NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Not Yet Recruiting
4
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
C
Claudia De Los Santos, B.S.
CONTACT
M
Megan Shen, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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