Clinical trial NCT03040102: Randomized Study of a Hospice Video Educational Tool for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers
Official title: Randomized Study of a Hospice Video Educational Tool for Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Advanced Cancer
Keywords: Advanced Cancer
Lead sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
First posted: 2017-02-02
Enrollment: 194
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this research study is to compare two ways to educate patients with cancer and their caregivers about hospice care services

Detailed description: The purpose of this research study is to compare two ways to educate patients with cancer and their caregivers about hospice care services - a video educational tool or a verbal narrative. The study will assess the effect of these methods on patients' and caregivers' knowledge about hospice care, as well as their perceptions and preferences for this service.

Using this research, the investigators hope to find out the best way to help patients and their loved ones better understand hospice care. The educational methods used in this study (the video educational tool or verbal narrative) are meant to serve as an introduction to hospice care. Further details about hospice should be discussed directly with your care team.

This study will enroll 150 patients with advanced cancer and up to 150 of their caregivers in this randomized clinical trial. The study will use questionnaires to measure the participant and the caregivers' knowledge of hospice care, as well as your perceptions and preferences for these services. Study assessments will be completed before and after watching the video or hearing the verbal narrative in the hospital.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Patients Eligibility Criteria:

* Adult patients (≥18 years) with a diagnosis of metastatic solid cancer.
* A prognosis of 12 months or less based on the treating oncologist's assessment.
* The ability to provide informed consent.
* Ability to comprehend and speak English.

Caregivers Eligibility Criteria:

* Adult caregivers (\>18 years) of patients who have agreed to participate in study.
* A relative or a friend upon whom the patient relies for help and who will be likely to be present during hospitalization, or willing to participate by phone.
* Ability to comprehend and speak English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients Exclusion Criteria:

-Significant uncontrolled psychiatric disorder (psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression) or other co-morbid disease (dementia, cognitive impairment), which the treating clinician believes prohibits the ability to participate in study procedures

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient Preference for Hospice Question
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patient knowledge about hospice Questionnaire
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
Other outcomes:
measure: Patient Perception of Hospice Care Questionnaire
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
measure: Patient Hospice Utilization
timeFrame: 1 year after study completion
measure: Caregiver Preference for Hospice Question
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
measure: Caregiver Knowledge about Hospice Questionnaire
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
measure: Caregiver Perception of Hospice Care Questionnaire
timeFrame: immediately after the video intervention or verbal narrative
measure: Caregiver satisfaction with end-of-life care (FAMCARE)
timeFrame: 1 year after study completion
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: Massachusetts general Hospital
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
name: Areej El-Jawahri, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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