N/A
N=1,798
Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03375489 ↗Enrolled (actual)
1,798
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
May 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Patient-reported Quality of Life — 99.7; 97.7 units on a scale — p=0.04
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Telehealth Palliative Care (Other); In-person Palliative Care (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Primary completion
- Apr 2024
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Patient-reported Quality of Life |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Patient-reported Communication About Their End-of-Life Care Preferences With Their Clinicians |
130; 115 | 0.26 |
| SECONDARY Length of Stay in Hospice |
25.3; 25.1 | 0.46 |
| SECONDARY Proportion of Patient's Palliative Care Visits With a Caregiver Present |
36.6; 49.7 | <0.001 sig |
| SECONDARY Patient-reported Satisfaction With Care |
41.3; 41.0 | >0.99 |
| SECONDARY Caregiver-reported Satisfaction With Care |
37.2; 36.8 | >0.99 |
Summary
This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and their families.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Patient Eligibility Criteria
- Diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer being treated with non-curative intent, and informed of advanced disease within the prior twelve weeks
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status from 0 (asymptomatic) to 3 (symptomatic and in bed >50% of the day)
- The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
- Receiving primary cancer care at one of the participating sites
- Age > or = 18 years
- Lives in a state where their institutions' palliative care clinicians are licensed to practice
- Caregiver Eligibility Criteria
- Relative or friend who is identified by the patient participant and lives with the patient or has contact with them at least twice per week
- The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
- Age > or = 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient Exclusion Criteria
- Already receiving outpatient palliative care or hospice services
- Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
- Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
- Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03375489). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.