NCT03337399Completed
Stepped Palliative Care Versus Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
Randomized Trial of Stepped Palliative Care Versus Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 507 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Nov 2017
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2018
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jul 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Lung cancer
- NCT number
- NCT03337399
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 507
- From 1 Feb 2018 to the primary completion date, 1 Jul 2023
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Already receiving outpatient PC or hospice services
Other illness
- Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, or mesothelioma, being treated with non-curative intent, and informed of advanced disease within the prior twelve weeks
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status from 0 (asymptomatic) to 2 (symptomatic and in bed \<50% of the day)
- The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
- Primary cancer care at one of the three participating sites
- Age \> 18 years
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| Duke University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Pennsylvania Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
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