Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of Project ECHO on Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia
ECHO Telementoring to Improve Quality Palliative Care in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 15, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260915-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This trial investigates the experience and satisfaction of care in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced) and their caregivers living in underserved areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India and Ethiopia as part of Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO). Project ECHO is a model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians to provide better care to more people where they live. Understanding the experiences and satisfaction of patients and caregivers may help improve healthcare workforce capacity and increase access to specialty care for the world's rural and underserved populations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm | Malignant Solid Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (5)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extension of Community Health (ECHO) Telementoring Clinic | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| In-Country Workshops | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Medical Chart Review | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Professional Oncology Educations Programs | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I: ECHO Participants (ECHO clinics, workshop, education)
- description
- Participants participate in online ECHO clinics over 1 hour twice monthly for 12 months and in-country workshops twice per year. Participants also receive 5 core lectures through an internet-based professional education curriculum.
- interventionNames
- Other: Extension of Community Health (ECHO) Telementoring Clinic
- Other: In-Country Workshops
- Other: Professional Oncology Educations Programs
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm II: Patients (questionnaire, medical chart review)
- description
- Patients complete 3 in-person or phone questionnaires over a total of 20 minutes every 3 months for 2 years about their symptoms, emotional and physical well-being, and their experience and satisfaction with outpatient oncology care. Patients' medical charts are reviewed for data collection. Patients complete a 15 minute interview in person or phone about the care they received by their physician at baseline, end of month 4 and month 12.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENT: Scheduled to receive treatment at participating primary care practice for advanced cancer * PATIENT: 18 years or older * PATIENT: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person * PATIENT: Prognosis of at least 1 year as ascertained by the treating physician * PATIENT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician * CAREGIVER: Identified or self-identified as primary caregiver of the patient * CAREGIVER: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person * CAREGIVER: 18 years or older * CAREGIVER: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician * ECHO PARTICIPANT: Participant must be a health care provider interested to participate in the study for 2 years and understand the protocol and provide consent * ECHO PARTICIPANT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by principal investigator (PI) Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to understand and sign consent
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