Can a health coach ease the burden of pancreatic cancer?
NCT ID NCT07591571
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a community health worker can help people newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer feel better and manage their symptoms. The health worker meets with patients and their caregivers to address physical, emotional, and practical concerns, and helps coordinate care. Researchers will compare this support to standard care in 60 patients and their caregivers over three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community health worker-led intervention (behavioral)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a practical way to improve quality of life and reduce caregiver burden for people with pancreatic cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It focuses on symptom management, not treating the cancer itself.
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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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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 months and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Age 18 to 90 * English or Spanish-Speaking * Diagnosed with Newly-Diagnosed Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma or has a pancreatic mass on CT/MRI with suspected PDAC and is awaiting biopsy. * Able to communicate verbally to allow for audio recording to complete an exit interview * Must be able to consent Exclusion criteria: • Biopsy Does not Confirm Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Loma Linda University Health
RECRUITINGLoma Linda, California, 92886, United States
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