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New telehealth program aims to ease the burden of advanced cancer for patients and families

NCT ID NCT06936878

Symptom relief Sponsor: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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By invitation only
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Ongoing
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Completed
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Stopped early
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Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a program called BOLSTER, which offers six telehealth sessions with a nurse to help patients with advanced gynecologic or gastrointestinal cancers and their care partners build skills, manage symptoms, and cope with challenges. Participants also get access to a website with personalized educational materials. The goal is to see if the program improves quality of life and well-being for both patients and caregivers.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
BOLSTER Program (behavioral intervention: telehealth sessions and website)
What this could lead to
If it works, this program could provide a practical way to improve quality of life and coping skills for patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral support study, not a treatment for cancer itself. It may not reduce symptoms or improve well-being for everyone, and results depend on participant engagement.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 600 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2025

Expected to finish

Jul 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

Show the full entry requirements

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Currently hospitalized with skilled care need or have acquired a new skilled care need as an outpatient * Diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colorectal, unknown GI primary, anal) or advanced gynecologic cancer (ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vaginal, vulvar) * Has a complex care need (e.g., ostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, nephrostomy, biliary drain, venting gastric tube, feeding tube, intraabdominal or pleural catheter, wound VAC) * Plans to receive ongoing cancer treatment * Has a family caregiver or friend (hereafter designated family caregiver) willing to participate * Able to speak and read English or Spanish (self-report) * Are willing to be audio-recorded * Have the cognitive/physical ability to participate in a 60-minute interview Family or Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Identified by a patient (as defined above) as a family or friend who is involved in their care. * Willing to participate in study visits * Willing to be audio recorded Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Has cognitive impairments (as determined by the patient's oncologist) * Planning to enroll in hospice * Unable to complete baseline survey * Adults unable to consent * Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) * Prisoners Family or Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to complete baseline survey * Adults unable to consent * Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers) * Prisoners

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer digestive system cancer digestive system neoplasm female reproductive organ cancer

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Advanced cancer Gastrointestinal cancer Gynecologic cancer

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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