Cancer patients may skip hospital stays with new home care program
NCT ID NCT04544046
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program that lets cancer patients receive care at home while undergoing chemotherapy or radiation. It includes remote monitoring and home visits to reduce the need for hospital stays or emergency room visits. The goal is to see if this approach improves quality of life and keeps patients out of the hospital.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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 years 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: * To be eligible, patients must be: age 18 or older * Receiving definitive treatment (i.e. neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or chemoradiation with curative intent) for pancreatic, gastroesophageal, rectal, head and neck cancer, or lymphoma * Within two weeks of starting treatment * Planning to receive care at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) * Verbally fluent in English * Residing within 50 miles of Massachusetts General Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with uncontrolled psychiatric illness or impaired cognition interfering with their ability to understand study procedures and provide written or electronic informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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