Oncologic Timely Palliative Care And Remote Monitoring With Electronic Assessments And Telehealth (ON-TARGET)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Status: Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions: Oncologic; Remote Monitoring; Telehealth; Palliative Care; Electronic Assessments

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire and Physical Exam

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT07674797

NCI-2026-04860 (Other Identifier)

2026-0421

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine how we can provide supportive care for patients with advanced cancer better tailored to their needs

Full description

Primary Objectives Objective 1: To compare the impact of timely SPC referral and enhanced usual care (i.e., selective referral) on the proportion of participants with an outpatient SPC consultation at (a) 12 weeks (primary outcome) and (b) 24 weeks post-initial screening.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Age ≥ 18
• Outpatients who are within 12 weeks of diagnosis of metastatic solid tumors and seen by one of the participating medical oncologists
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 0.2
• Able to speak English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

. Cognitive impairment in the opinion of the oncologist necessitating need for a surrogate decision making.

• Previously seen by SPC team at UT MD Anderson

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 3 patient groups

Dose Dense Timely SPC

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire and Physical Exam

Enhanced UC

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire and Physical Exam

Stadard Timely SPC

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire and Physical Exam