Palliative and Oncology Care Intervention: Symptom COACH

Temple University Health System (TUHS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cancer of Head and Neck

Treatments: Other: Evidenced-based symptom management and coping intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03760471

18-1054

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators propose to conduct the first pilot trial of a collaborative palliative and oncology care intervention for HNC patients receiving CRT to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. The intervention will incorporate weekly palliative care visits into standard oncology care targeting coping, mood, and symptom management.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. adult patients (≥18 years) with a diagnosis of HNC for which they are undergoing CRT
2. receiving all oncology care at Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)
3. able to speak and read in English or with assistance from an interpreter

Exclusion criteria

1. patients with prior history of HNC for which they underwent CRT
2. patients with uncontrolled psychiatric disorders (psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, major depression) or other co-morbid disease which the treating clinician believes prohibits informed consent or participation in the study
3. patients enrolled on other supportive care intervention trials

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 1 patient group

Collaborative palliative and oncology care

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Evidenced-based symptom management and coping intervention