Can a volunteer buddy help lung cancer patients feel better?
NCT ID NCT07548788
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a program called Care and Connect, where trained volunteers provide support and information to people with lung cancer. The goal is to see if this program helps reduce distress and makes it easier for patients to get the care they need. About 50 adults with lung cancer will take part, with half receiving the volunteer support and half getting usual care. The study will check if the program is practical and helpful.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
-
Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
-
Dec 2027
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 Hide 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or small cell lung cancer (SCLC) of any stage * Age ≥ 18 * Have completed their first medical appointment at the Medical Oncology Lung Cancer Clinic at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM), University Health Network * Cognitive capacity to consent and complete questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: * Behavioural safety alert on medical record that would make their participation in Care \& Connect inappropriate * Enrolment in another navigation study within University Health Network * Patients who come to PM for a clinical trial visit * Inability to communicate and read in English
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Lung cancer non-small cell cancer (NSCLC) are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can AI help nurses guide At-Risk seniors to better care and lower costs?
- Can a personal navigator speed up mental health care for youth?
- New combo therapy aims to control advanced lung cancer
- Cancer Patients' own needs may guide better care, study finds
- Lung cancer patients breathe easier with simple rehab program
- New drug combo aims to shrink tough lung cancers