Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
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Trial Identification
Brief Title: Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
Official Title: Community Health Worker Based Intervention to Improve Palliative Care
Study ID: NCT05407844
Interventions
Study Description
Brief Summary: The study aims to find out if community health worker (CHW) support will improve palliative care outcomes in African American patients with advanced cancer, by comparing the quality of life of patients who are receiving standard care to those whose standard care is supplemented with CHW support.
Detailed Description: This research is being done to establish the effectiveness of a Community Health Worker based palliative care intervention among African American patients with advanced solid organ malignancies and their care givers. The investigators' long-term goal is to reduce the research-to-practice gap in utilization of evidence-based palliative care in African Americans with advanced cancer. The objectives of this study are to establish the effectiveness of a CHW-based palliative care intervention and develop generalizable knowledge on how contextual factors influence implementation.
Eligibility
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Locations
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Contact Details
Name: Fabian M Johnston, MD, MHS
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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