Group Advanced Care Planning Pilot for Veterans
ConditionCancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorVA Palo Alto Health Care System
About this trial
The proposed research aims to engage participants in group educational sessions to facilitate learning of topics related to advanced care planning and to determine whether this approach is more effective than usual care alone.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
All patients >18 years old with newly diagnosed cancer are eligible.
Patients must have the ability to understand and willingness to provide verbal consent
Participants must speak English
Disqualifiers
Inability to consent to the study
Plans to move within the area and leave the VA system within 4 months
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Group Advance Care Planning Education
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Lead sponsor
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov