Tests telehealth check-ins for people with metastatic breast cancer receiving hospice
Tests video check-ins with care teams for adults with breast cancer in home hospice.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: The COMPASSION Study
Key facts
- Where
- Boston, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Trial code
- NCT06507930
- Record updated
- 10 November 2026
- Original description
The aim of this research study is to better understand the in-home hospice experience for participants, caregivers, hospice nurses, and oncology providers by conducting telehealth check-ins between participants and caregivers and oncology care teams.Read full original descriptionShow less
The COMPASSION Study: Applying Telehealth to Innovate and Strengthen Connections for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Receiving Hospice Care
The aim of this research study is to better understand the in-home hospice experience for participants, caregivers, hospice nurses, and oncology providers by conducting telehealth check-ins between participants and caregivers and oncology care teams.
Inclusion: Patient of any gender with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer; Eligible for in-home hospice services and referred by DFCI clinical team to in-home hospice </= 1 week before enrollment; Ability to conduct video or phone check-ins, even if assistance required; Able to provide verbal consent with a willingness to take a survey at 4-6 weeks, if medically able; Hospice setting is within Massachusetts; Non-English language allowed but interpreter services must be present at each meeting and will be coordinated by scheduling team; Willingness to provide a caregiver/loved one's contact information for survey contact at 4 weeks after enrollment.
Exclusion: Individuals who are under the age of 18, as this is not a project focused on pediatric patients; Unable to provide verbal consent; Hospice care planned outside of a home setting (note: if participants start out in a home hospice setting but later transition their hospice care to an inpatient setting, enrollment is allowed as long as they started in a home setting); Hospice setting outside of Massachusetts.