Can a simple survey speed up care for advanced cancer patients?
NCT ID NCT07195513
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether electronic surveys can help people with advanced cancer report their symptoms and care needs, so their doctors can connect them to palliative (supportive) care services sooner. About 90 adults with incurable solid tumors will participate. The goal is to see if this approach improves access to care that eases symptoms and supports quality of life during cancer treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- 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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Inclusion Criteria 1. Age ≥18 years. 2. Diagnosis of unresectable or metastatic, incurable thoracic, gastrointestinal, or breast solid tumor. 3. Receiving active cancer-directed therapy longitudinally in the outpatient oncology clinic and expected to continue treatment. Exclusion Criteria 1. Members of vulnerable populations, including infants, minors, individuals unable to provide informed consent, and those who are incarcerated or imprisoned at the time of enrollment. 2. Already established with palliative care, defined as having a scheduled future palliative care appointment, a pending referral, or a visit with palliative care within the past 90 days. 3. Unable to provide informed consent in English. 4. Cognitive impairment that, in the judgment of the treating clinician, would preclude study participation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
RECRUITINGLebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
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