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N/A N=160 Randomized Triple-blind Health Services Research

Lay Health Worker Engage, Educate, and Encourage Patients to Share

End of Life · Cancer

Enrolled (actual)
160
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Patient Quality of Life Using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey — 74.1; 73.5; 70.3; 80.7 score on a scale — p=<0.001

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Lay Health Worker Intervention (Behavioral); Usual Care (Other)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Stanford University
Primary completion
Dec 2021

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Patient Quality of Life Using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey
73.3; 84.4 0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Patient Satisfaction With Decision-Making Using the Satisfaction With Decision (SWD) Survey
23; 64
SECONDARY
Patient Satisfaction With Decision-Making Using the Satisfaction With Decision Survey
41; 38
SECONDARY
Patient Activation Using the Patient Activation Measure Survey
57.6; 77.7
SECONDARY
Patient Activation Using the Patient Activation Measure Survey
57.6; 77.7
SECONDARY
Patient Quality of Life Using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General Survey
73.3; 84.4 0.001 sig
SECONDARY
Emergency Department Visit (Chart Review)
3; 1
SECONDARY
Emergency Department Visit (Chart Review)
3; 1
SECONDARY
Emergency Department Visit (Chart Review)
3; 1
SECONDARY
Hospitalization Visit (Chart Review)
16; 32
SECONDARY
Hospitalization Visits (Chart Review)
3; 6
SECONDARY
Hospitalization Visits (Chart Review)
3; 6
SECONDARY
Advance Directive Documentation (Chart Review)
55; 72
SECONDARY
Advance Directive Documentation (Chart Review)
55; 72
SECONDARY
Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (Chart Review)
13; 33
SECONDARY
Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (Chart Review)
13; 33
SECONDARY
Goals of Care Documentation (Chart Review)
23; 71
SECONDARY
Goals of Care Documentation (Chart Review)
23; 71
SECONDARY
Total Costs of Care
153,980.60; 72,585.06
SECONDARY
Total Costs of Care End of Life
6,211; 5,471
SECONDARY
Palliative Care Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Palliative Care Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Palliative Care Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Hospice Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Hospice Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Hospice Use (Chart Review)
6; 16
SECONDARY
Survival (Chart Review)
SECONDARY
Survival (Chart Review)
SECONDARY
Patient Satisfaction With Decision-Making Using the Satisfaction With Decision Survey
41; 38

Summary

The purpose of the LEAPS program is to understand how a trained lay health worker who engages with newly diagnosed patients after a diagnosis of an advanced stage of cancer can help to engage patients in advance care planning, improve patient satisfaction with their decision-making, activation, quality of life, and healthcare resource utilization.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Newly diagnosed patients with a cancer diagnosis.
  • Patients with any relapse or progressive disease (any cancer diagnosis) as identified by imaging or biopsy and confirmed by physician.
  • The patients must be 18 years or older.
  • Patients must have the capacity to verbally consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Inability to consent to the study due to lack of capacity as documented by the referring physician.
  • Patients without a newly diagnosed malignancy or patients without relapse of disease.
  • Patients not eligible for Fund benefits.

Patients without a newly diagnosed malignancy or patients without relapse of disease.

View full record on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03699748). 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.

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