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Community health workers step in to boost palliative care for black cancer patients

NCT ID NCT05407844

Symptom relief Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether adding a trained community health worker (CHW) to standard care can improve quality of life and advance care planning for African American patients with advanced cancer. 160 patients will either receive standard care or standard care plus CHW support. The CHW helps with communication, understanding palliative care, and addressing social needs.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Community health worker (CHW) support
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that trained community health workers help African American patients with advanced cancer feel better and plan their care more effectively.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study (160 participants) focused on a specific group, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is supportive, not a treatment for cancer itself.

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Study facts

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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 160 people

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

Started

Nov 2023

Expected to finish

Sep 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

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identified African American patients with advanced (AJCC stage III or IV) solid organ malignancy * \>=18 years old * English speaking * Intact cognition and ability to provide informed consent Patient Exclusion Criteria: * Participants \< 18 years of age * Participants who are already receiving palliative care services Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (\>=18 years old) caregivers providing informal (unpaid) care to an eligible African American cancer patient (related or unrelated) * English speaking * Intact cognition and ability to provide informed consent Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: * Participants \< 18 years of age

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Advanced cancer Cancer End stage cancer Malignancy

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, Inc.

    Salisbury, Maryland, 21801, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

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