Clinical trial · Interventional
Improving Goals of Care Discussion in Advanced Cancer Patients
Improving Advanced Cancer Patient-Centered Care by Enabling Goals of Care Discussions
NCT02374255CI-TRIAL-00040943completedN/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 goal of this study is to increase and improve Goals of Care discussions for advanced cancer patients by training medical oncologists to conduct these discussions. The investigators will evaluate the GoC discussion's effects on patient satisfaction, receipt of treatment in line with preferences, use of aggressive treatment, and oncologist communication skill.
Conditions
Conditions (12)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer of Pancreas | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Cancer of Stomach | Malignant Gastric Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Esophageal | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Glioblastoma | Glioblastoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Head or Neck Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancers | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Melanoma | Melanoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Pancreatic Cancers | Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Primary Stage IV Hepatobiliary | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoC intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- GoC intervention
- description
- Oncologists trained using OncoTalk to have Goals of Care discussions.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: GoC intervention
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Number of Participants Who Perceived Increased Goals of Care Discussions
- timeFrame
- up to 6 months
- description
- Number of patient's perceptions that goals of care discussions were increased occurred as measured by GoC qualitative patient survey.
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Men or women who are at least 21 years of age who have been diagnosed within one month with a pathologically confirmed advanced cancer who have an average of \<2 y life expectancy (primary stage IV hepatobiliary, esophageal, colorectal, glioblastoma, gastric, pancreatic, melanoma, head \& neck, or stage III or IV lung or pancreatic cancers) and are being treated at one of the participating hospital sites and speak English or Spanish. * Oncologists who treat at least 2 advanced cancer patients per month at a study participating hospital will be enrolled into the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have seen an oncologist after undergoing first line treatment imaging as this group has a higher likelihood of having received a goals of care discussion. * Men or women who do not speak English or Spanish will be excluded.
References
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