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Testing an Educational Program to Improve Goals of Care Conversations Between Patients and Their Care Teams
Sponsor: SWOG Cancer Research Network
Summary
This clinical trial evaluates an educational program called Algorithm-Enabled Patients Activated in Cancer Care Through Teams (A-PACT) for reducing unplanned hospital visits and improving goals of care conversations with providers among patients with solid cancers. A-PACT is an educational program where lay health workers (educators) help patients talk with their health care team about issues that matter most to them (goals of care). During A-PACT sessions, patients receive assistance in formulating health care and end of life care preferences, assistance in completing advance directives, guidance on how to engage in these conversations with family members, friends, and clinical teams, and encouragement to discuss these topics with their clinical team. A-PACT may reduce unplanned hospital visits and improve goals of care communication with providers among patients with solid cancers.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention Called "Algorithm-Enabled Patients Activated in Cancer Care Through Teams" (A-PACT) to Improve Goals of Care Communication for People With Cancer
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1020
Start Date
2026-05-03
Completion Date
2032-07-21
Last Updated
2025-12-12
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Best Practice
Receive usual care
Educational Intervention
Receive A-PACT education
Electronic Health Record Review
Ancillary studies
Interview
Ancillary studies
Questionnaire Administration
Ancillary studies
Telephone-Based Intervention
Receive A-PACT phone calls