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Telephone-Based Coaching Sessions (TAC) to Improve Advance Care Planning Participation in Advanced Cancer Patients and Their Support Person
Led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Updated on 2026-04-27
80
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
35 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This clinical trial studies whether telephone-based coaching sessions, Talking About Cancer (TAC), work to improve engagement in advance care planning (ACP) in patients with cancer that may have spread from where it first started to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, or distant parts of the body (advanced) and their support person. Participation in ACP, which includes having end of life (EOL) care conversations and completing advance directives (e.g., living will, health care proxy, do not resuscitate order), improves quality EOL care. Despite this, less than half of patients with advanced cancer have EOL care conversations or complete advance directives. TAC coaching sessions are delivered by a social worker over the phone. They are designed to help patients and their support person communicate about ACP, manage the distress these conversations can cause, and participate in the process of ACP with a clear action plan of having goals-of-care conversations and completing advance directives. This may be an effective way to improve ACP participation in advanced cancer patients and their support person.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Telephone-Based Coaching Sessions (TAC) to Improve Advance Care Planning Participation in Advanced Cancer Patients and Their Support Person
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient with a current diagnosis of stage III or IV cancer
- Patient able to provide informed consent
- Patient fluent in English or Spanish
- Patient has access to a telephone, computer, or mobile device
- Caregiver (support person) identified by the patient to provide support
- Caregiver speaks English or Spanish
- Caregiver is 18 years of age or older
- Caregiver able to provide informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Patient too ill or weak to complete interviews as judged by the interviewer
- Patient receiving hospice care at the time of enrollment
- Patient younger than 18 years old
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Skagit Regional Health Cancer Care Center
Mount Vernon, Washington, United States, 98274
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2
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109
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Research Team
M
Megan Shen, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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