Clinical trial · Interventional
SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)
SupporTive Care At Home Research (STAHR): a Cluster Non-randomized Controlled Trial for Patients With Advanced Cancer
NCT05636384CI-TRIAL-00062466HOMECARErecruitingN/AClinicalTrials.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)
To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Care Services | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Quality of LIfe | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Unplanned Hospitalization | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home-based care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- Patients enrolled in the intervention cluster (institution) are given specialized home-based medical care based on a specialized home-based medical team approach.
- interventionNames
- Other: Home-based care
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Patients enrolled in the control cluster (institution) are only given the educational materials. Except for the home-based care intervention, usual care for advanced cancer patients was not restricted for these patients.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Unplanned hospitalization
- timeFrame
- within 6 months following enrollment
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 19 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
Both the patient and their family caregiver must meet the criteria to be considered for this research.
1. Patient
1. A person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment
2. A person who meets one of the following conditions
1. Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2
2. Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 1 and is over 70 years of age
3. A person who wishes to stay at home
4. A person whose family caregiver resides at home
5. A person who wishes to participate in the research
2. Family Caregiver
1. A family\* member of the patient
\* Family: refers to the patient's spouse (including a common-law partner), descendants and their spouses up to the second degree, siblings and their spouses, and relatives and their spouses up to the eighth degree.
2. A person who meets one of the following conditions:
1. Lives with the patient (patient's household member)
2. Does not live with the patient, but visits the patient's home more than three times a week
3. A person who wants the patient to stay at home
4. A person who can communicate easily with medical staff
5. A person who wishes to participate in the research
Exclusion Criteria:
If either the patient or the family caregiver meets any one of these criteria, they are excluded from the study.
1. Patient
1. A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
2. A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
3. A person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)\*
\* This condition is not applicable for the control group.
4. A person who has used hospital- or home-type hospice and palliative care services
5. A person who is under the age of 19
2. Family Caregiver
1. A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
2. A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
3. A person under the age of 19References
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