Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care

Part of paid clinical trials in Birmingham, Alabama.

Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study ID
NCT05407844
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Advanced Cancer
  • Cancer
  • End Stage Cancer
  • Malignancy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Community Health Worker (CHW) based palliative care — OTHER
    Those in the intervention group will receive support from a dedicated CHW trained in motivational interviewing, components of palliative care communication, and social determinants of health.

Study Details

The study aims to find out if community health worker (CHW) support will improve palliative care outcomes in African American patients with advanced cancer, by comparing the quality of life of patients who are receiving standard care to those whose standard care is supplemented with CHW support.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 2, 2023
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2027
Completion
Sep 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
160 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • No Intervention: Standard care
    Standard cancer care
  • Experimental: Standard care + DeCIDE PC intervention
    Community health worker support and standard cancer care

Primary Outcome Measure

Number of participants who completed Advance Directives [ Time Frame: 6 months after enrollment ]

Locations (4)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabama35233-
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMaryland21205-
TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, Inc.SalisburyMaryland21801-
Atrium Health Wake Forest BaptistWinston-SalemNorth Carolina27157-

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