Clinical trial · Interventional
m-Palliative Care Link: Improving Palliative Care for Late Stage Tanzanian Cancer Patients
m-Palliative Care Link: Improving Symptom Control and Information Exchange Among Specialists and Local Health Workers Treating Late Stage Tanzanian Cancer Patients
- 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)
This work aims to improve late-stage cancer patients' access to high quality, patient-centered symptom assessment and control via the creation, field test, and outcomes assessment of a scalable mobile application (mPalliative Care Link; mPCL)-built around a locally-validated Palliative care Outcome Scale- that links a limited pool of existing Tanzanian palliative care specialists with patients, lay/family caregivers, and local health workers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| mPCL | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Field test participants
- description
- Late-stage adult cancer patients seeking care at Ocean Road Cancer Center, consenting to participate in mPCL application field test
- interventionNames
- Other: mPCL
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control participants
- description
- Late-stage adult cancer patients seeking care at Ocean Road Cancer Center, consenting to serve as controls for mPCL field test
- interventionNames
- Other: Usual Care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pain control
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Patients will be eligible for field test if they meet the following criteria: * Are ORCI inpatients with untreatable, late stage cancer * Age 21 years or older * Willing to enroll * Able to understand and sign informed consent document * Have four-month life expectancy or greater based on specialist assessment * Have caregivers available/willing to support outpatient care for duration of field test * Have a local health worker to support their outpatient care who consents to participate in the field test (i.e., partner with palliative care specialists for the duration of field test) * Live within 50 km of ORCI for access to medications and study nurse support * Have experience using a mobile device as measured by past cell phone ownership * Have completed primary school Exclusion Criteria: • Not meeting inclusion criteria
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