Lay Health Worker Engage, Educate, and Encourage Patients to Share
Trial ID or NCT#
NCT03699748
Status
NOT RECRUITING
Purpose
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.
Official Title
Lay Health Worker Engage, Educate, and Encourage Patients to Share
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Newly diagnosed patients with a cancer diagnosis. 2. Patients with any relapse or progressive disease (any cancer diagnosis) as identified by imaging or biopsy and confirmed by physician. 3. The patients must be 18 years or older. 4. Patients must have the capacity to verbally consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Inability to consent to the study due to lack of capacity as documented by the referring physician. 2. Patients without a newly diagnosed malignancy or patients without relapse of disease. 3. Patients not eligible for Fund benefits. Patients without a newly diagnosed malignancy or patients without relapse of disease.
Investigator(s)
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Contact
Manali I Patel, MD MPH MS
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