Early Integrated Telehealth Versus In-Person Palliative Care for Patients With Lung Cancer

Prior treatment

• Patient Exclusion Criteria
  • Already receiving outpatient palliative care or hospice services
  • Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation

Other illness

• Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
  • Cognitive or psychiatric conditions as determined by the treating oncologist to prohibit study consent or participation

• Patient Eligibility Criteria
  • Diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer 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 3 (symptomatic and in bed \>50% of the day)
  • The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
  • Receiving primary cancer care at one of the participating sites
  • Age \> or = 18 years
  • Lives in a state where their institutions' palliative care clinicians are licensed to practice
• Caregiver Eligibility Criteria
  • Relative or friend who is identified by the patient participant and lives with the patient or has contact with them at least twice per week
  • The ability to read and respond to questions in English or Spanish
  • Age \> or = 18 years