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- Clinical Trial NCT01695382
Apoyo Con Carino: Patient Navigation for Palliative Care
February 1, 2017 updated by: University of Colorado, Denver
Apoyo Con Carino: Patient Navigation to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Latinos With Advanced Cancer
Palliative care is a priority area of focus for health care in an aging population experiencing burdens of chronic illness.
Despite the evidence-based benefits of palliative care, access remains limited, especially in poor urban and rural settings.
Cultural and linguistic barriers may also increase disparities in palliative care for Latinos.
Due to a nationwide shortage of palliative care providers and the unique cultural preferences and values of patients, the investigators are testing a patient navigator intervention to improve palliative care outcomes for Latinos with advanced cancer.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
This project uses a patient navigator to deliver a culturally tailored intervention to improve palliative care for Latinos with advanced cancer in urban and rural communities.
The proposed research aims to improve palliative care with the goal of preventing and relieving suffering for people facing serious, complex illness.
Palliative care, according to the National Quality Forum and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, provides patient and family-centered care offered in conjunction with curative and all other appropriate forms of medical treatment.
It addresses physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual needs, and facilitates patients' understanding of illness and choice.
There is emerging evidence that palliative care may also improve survival for cancer patients.
The proposed research also focuses on reducing health disparities.
Studies have shown that Latinos are more likely to die in a hospital, less likely to use hospice services, and more likely to have unmanaged pain.
This study will recruit 240 Latino patients with advanced cancer from an urban safety net hospital, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and several rural communities (including some of the poorest, most underserved counties in Colorado).
Patients will be randomized to either a control or intervention group.
The control group will receive written materials covering three important palliative care domains -advance care planning, pain management, and hospice care.
The materials, in English and Spanish, are appropriate for patients with low health literacy.
Patients in the intervention group will receive the same written materials but will also have a patient navigator who will make 5 home visits to review materials, help patients and families talk about goals/values, and complete an advance directive, all in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.
The navigator may also help with: accessing community resources, participating in family meetings with health care providers, and offering support to patients and families.
The investigators hypothesize that the intervention will increase advance care planning, improve pain management, increase hospice referrals, and patients will have improved palliative care overall at the end of life.
The patient navigator model has demonstrated an ability to improve cancer screening, early diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
Once the investigators demonstrate the efficacy of a patient navigator intervention to improve palliative care for advanced cancer patients, they can disseminate the training and intervention to all patient navigators working with Latino cancer patients.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
223
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Colorado
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Alamosa, Colorado, United States, 81101
- San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center
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Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
- University of Colorado Cancer Center
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Denver, Colorado, United States, 80202
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
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Eagle, Colorado, United States, 81632
- Shaw Cancer Center
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Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, 81601
- Valley View Medical Center
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
16 years to 88 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stage III or Stage IV cancer (all types)
- Self-identify as Latino
- 18 years of age or older
- Speak English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lacking decisional capacity
- Incarcerated
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Navigation
Participants randomized to the control arm of the study will receive a packet of written materials that are appropriate linguistically and written for individuals with low health literacy.
In addition they will have 5 navigator initiated home visits to review the educational materials and help patients and families address barriers to palliative care through education, advocacy, and activation.
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As per Arm description
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No Intervention: Control
Participants randomized to the control arm of the study will receive a packet of written materials that are appropriate linguistically and written for individuals with low health literacy.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Improvement in Palliative Care Overall
Time Frame: 3 months after enrollment
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Patient Navigator and Process Measure will capture the less tangible benefits of a patient navigator and help understand the effects of the many activities of the navigator beyond the scope of the prescribed intervention.
The questions incorporate aspects of self-efficacy and patient activation (key concepts that patient navigators help improve).
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3 months after enrollment
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Evidence of Advance Care Planning
Time Frame: 6 months after enrollment
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Chart review to determine if there is an advance directive in the medical record and classification of the type of advance directive (Medical Durable Power of Attorney (MDPOA), Advance Directive (AD), Living Will)
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6 months after enrollment
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Assesment of Pain Management
Time Frame: 3 months after enrollment
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Pain management will be assessed through patient interviews utilizing the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI).
The BPI Long Form (BPI-LF) is a 32-item self-report instrument that assesses the severity and impact of pain in patients with chronic diseases, e.g.
cancer.
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3 months after enrollment
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Hospice Utilization
Time Frame: 46 months after enrollment
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Length of stay in hospice program in days.
Data will be collected through follow up phone calls, medical records review, and death records review to determine date of admission into hospice program and date of discharge (through death or dis-enrollment)
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46 months after enrollment
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Aggressiveness of Care at the End of Life
Time Frame: At month 46
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For patients who have died within the follow up period this outcome assesses aggressiveness of care at the end of life using a composite measure comprised of the following: chemotherapy within 14 days of death no hospice hospice within 3 days of death
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At month 46
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Change in Quality of Life
Time Frame: Baseline and 3 months after enrollment
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McGill Quality of Life questionnaire (MQOL) will be used at baseline and at 3 months after enrollment.
The MQOL is specifically designed for a palliative care population, measuring whole-person concerns magnified by advanced life-limiting illness.
It is short, reliable, repeatable, and can be used to determine changes in QOL of groups.
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Baseline and 3 months after enrollment
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Stacy M Fischer, MD, University of Colorado, Denver
Publications and helpful links
The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.
General Publications
- Fischer SM, Kline DM, Min SJ, Okuyama-Sasaki S, Fink RM. Effect of Apoyo con Carino (Support With Caring) Trial of a Patient Navigator Intervention to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Latino Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2018 Dec 1;4(12):1736-1741. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.4014.
- Fischer SM, Kline DM, Min SJ, Okuyama S, Fink RM. Apoyo con Carino: Strategies to Promote Recruiting, Enrolling, and Retaining Latinos in a Cancer Clinical Trial. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 Nov;15(11):1392-1399. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.7005.
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
August 1, 2012
Primary Completion (Actual)
December 1, 2016
Study Completion (Actual)
December 1, 2016
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
September 25, 2012
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
September 27, 2012
First Posted (Estimate)
September 28, 2012
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
February 3, 2017
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 1, 2017
Last Verified
February 1, 2017
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- 12-0592
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