NCT05914766Recruiting
An Informational and Supportive Care Intervention for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
PATHWAYS: An Informational and Supportive Care Intervention for Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a randomized trial of a brief psychoeducational intervention versus enhanced usual care for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who are initiating neoadjuvant multimodality treatment.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Jun 2023
- Start date
- 21 Sept 2023
- Primary completion date
- 21 May 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05914766
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 80
- From 21 Sept 2023 to the primary completion date, 21 May 2028
- 2 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
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Prior treatment
- Has undergone treatment for a prior colorectal cancer
Other illness
- Comorbid health condition that would interfere with study participation, as identified by cancer care team
Who the study is looking for
- Age≥18 years
- Within 8 weeks after documented decision to pursue multi-modality therapy for newly diagnosed LARC (i.e., stage II or III disease)
- Able to complete study procedures English or with the assistance of an interpreter
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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