BOLSTER: Learning New Skills to Thrive
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorDana-Farber Cancer Institute
About this trial
This research study is evaluating a new program called Building Out Lifelines for Safety, Trust, Empowerment, and Renewal or (BOLSTER), which was designed to support participants with a gynecological or gastrointestinal cancer and new and complex care needs.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years
Currently hospitalized with skilled care need or have acquired a new skilled care need as an outpatient
Diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colorectal, unknown GI primary, anal) or advanced gynecologic cancer (ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vaginal, vulvar)
Has a complex care need (e.g., ostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, nephrostomy, biliary drain, venting gastric tube, feeding tube, intraabdominal or pleural catheter, wound VAC)
Disqualifiers
Has cognitive impairments (as determined by the patient's oncologist)
Planning to enroll in hospice
Unable to complete baseline survey
Adults unable to consent
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- BOLSTER Program
Treatment groups
600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov