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New program helps latino cancer patients voice their care wishes

NCT ID NCT04889144

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tested a program called PLAN to help Latino cancer patients plan for their future medical care. Twenty-seven patients with advanced cancer took part. The program aimed to improve their understanding and communication about advance care planning with doctors and family. Researchers measured how helpful and feasible the program was.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Planning for Your Advance Care Needs (PLAN) intervention
What this could lead to
If successful, this program could help Latino cancer patients better understand and communicate their care wishes, leading to more personalized end-of-life care.
What could go wrong
This was a small, early feasibility study with only 27 participants. Results may not apply to all Latino patients, and the program may not improve actual care outcomes.

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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

27 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2021

Finished

Jun 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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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

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Inclusion Criteria: * Identifying ethnically as Latino. * Locally advanced or metastatic cancer and/or have experienced disease progression on at least first-line chemotherapy. * Ability to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Not fluent in English or Spanish. * Severely cognitively impaired (as measured by Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire scores of \>= 6 to be delivered by trained study research staff during screening). * Too ill or weak to complete the interviews (as judged by interviewer). * Currently receiving palliative care/hospice at the time of enrollment (to allow prediction of \[advanced care planning\] ACP). * Children and young adults under age 18. * Patients deemed inappropriate for the study by their treating oncologist.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cancer Communication metastatic malignant neoplasm Neoplasm Metastasis

As listed by the trial registrant

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Locally advanced malignant solid neoplasm Metastatic malignant solid neoplasm

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Confluence Health

    Wenatchee, Washington, 98801, United States

  • Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

    Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States

  • UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine

    New York, New York, 10021, United States

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