Clinical trial · Interventional
Supportive Care for Patients Newly Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Palliative Care Interventions for Outpatients With Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer
NCT01883986CI-TRIAL-00025713completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
The aims of this project are to assess the feasibility of recruiting patients and delivering a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention for patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer and to assess if among patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer, the investigators can estimate the effect of a nurse-led telephone based palliative care intervention on quality-of-life, symptom burden and patient satisfaction.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palliative Care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- This is a 3 month nurse-led telephone based program integrating palliative care into usual oncologic care for patients diagnosed within 2 months of any type and stage of lung cancer.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Palliative Care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- Subjects randomized to usual care will receive medical oncology, radiation oncology, pulmonary, CT surgery as indicated by the type of cancer. At the completion of 3 months of usual care, subjects are invited to join the intervention arm.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change From Baseline in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Lung Total Outcome Index Score at 3 Months
- timeFrame
- Baseline and 3 months
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed at the Puget Sound Health Care System with a primary diagnosis of lung cancer, * any cell type or stage, * diagnosed within 8 weeks of study enrollment. * Must have telephone access, * ability of understand English and * provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not eligible to participate in the study include those who are inpatients prior to randomization, * those who are under the care of palliative care or hospice at the time of randomization, * those who have severe mental health disorders, * those who are unable to speak directly with the nurse over the telephone, * or those that have the inability to provide informed consent. Investigators will recruit individuals (n=40) with lung cancer over a 12 month period.
References
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