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NCT07278739
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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

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

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

Interventions

OTHER

Best Practice

Receive usual care

OTHER

Educational Intervention

Receive A-PACT education

OTHER

Electronic Health Record Review

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Interview

Ancillary studies

OTHER

Questionnaire Administration

Ancillary studies

BEHAVIORAL

Telephone-Based Intervention

Receive A-PACT phone calls