New website helps cancer patients prepare for End-of-Life
NCT ID NCT05564468
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a website designed to help people with advanced cancer plan for end-of-life care, including medical wishes, legal documents, and financial tasks. About 100 patients took part to see if the tool reduced distress and improved planning. The goal was to learn whether such a website is useful and practical for patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of poor prognosis advanced cancer defined as locally advanced or metastatic cancer and/or disease progression following at least first line systemic therapy * Access to a computer or mobile device * The ability to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Not fluent in English * Severely cognitively impaired (as measured by Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire scores of \< 6) * Too ill or weak to complete the interviews (as judged by the interviewer)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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