N/A
N=20
PLAN Intervention to Enhance Engagement of Latino Cancer Patients in Advanced Care Planning
Locally Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm · Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04889144 ↗Enrolled (actual)
20
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Feasibility (Number/Proportion of Participants Who Completed the Intervention) — 5 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Communication Intervention (Other); Best Practice (Other); Questionnaire Administration (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Primary completion
- Feb 2025
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Feasibility (Number/Proportion of Participants Who Completed the Intervention) |
5 | — |
| PRIMARY Acceptability (Helpfulness of the Intervention) |
0; 5 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Knowledge of Advance Care Planning |
2.75; 1.86 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Readiness/Motivation to Engage in Advance Care Planning |
10.0; 1.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Self-efficacy to Engage in Advance Care Planning |
0.00; 0.86 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Engagement in Advance Care Planning (End-of-life Care Discussions) |
2.50; 1.29 | — |
| PRIMARY Change in Completion of Advance Directives |
0.0; 0.43 | — |
Summary
This trial tests whether Planning for Your Advance Care Needs (PLAN) intervention works to enhance Latino patients' understanding of and engagement in advanced care planning. The PLAN intervention may be an effective method to help people with cancer plan for and talk about advance care planning (the care they would want if they were unable to communicate) with their loved ones and doctors.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Identifying ethnically as Latino.
- Locally advanced or metastatic cancer and/or have experienced disease progression on at least first-line chemotherapy.
- Ability to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- Not fluent in English or Spanish.
- Severely cognitively impaired (as measured by Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire scores of >= 6 to be delivered by trained study research staff during screening).
- Too ill or weak to complete the interviews (as judged by interviewer).
- Currently receiving palliative care/hospice at the time of enrollment (to allow prediction of [advanced care planning] ACP).
- Children and young adults under age 18.
- Patients deemed inappropriate for the study by their treating oncologist.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04889144). 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.