Clinical trial · Interventional
Nurse Practitioner Hospice Program for Patients With Terminal Metastatic Cancer and Their Families or Caregivers
The Pilot Palliative ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) Liaison Program (The PAL Program): Improving Communication Between Patients, Oncologists, and Hospice, Promoting Timely Hospice Referrals and Bringing Education and Research Efforts to Hospice and Palliative Care
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Gathering information about patients with terminal metastatic cancer may help doctors learn more about the effectiveness of a nurse practitioner hospice program. It is not yet known whether a nurse practitioner program helps increase patients' length of stay in hospice. PURPOSE: This randomized research study is evaluating a nurse practitioner hospice program for patients with terminal metastatic cancer and their families or caregivers.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematopoietic/Lymphoid Cancer | Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific | Adult Solid Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (5)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| counseling intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| end-of-life treatment/management | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| survey administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Increased length of enrollment time in hospice care
Secondary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Effects of incorporating a palliative care advanced registered nurse practitioner liaison program in the late-stage cancer care process
- measure
- Increased knowledge of hospice services as assessed by a knowledge survey
- measure
- Patient and family or caregiver psychological stress, as measured by the functional assessment of cancer therapy general (FACT-G) survey
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of terminal metastatic cancer * Patient at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida * Strong candidate for hospice care * Entering or planning to enter Community Hospice of Northeast Florida * Willing to undergo visits by an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) after hospice enrollment PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Willing to participate in 2 palliative care consultations with an ARNP prior to hospice enrollment * Life expectancy \< 12 months * Able to complete questionnaires with or without assistance * Has a primary caregiver with an identified relationship to the patient PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
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