The Goals of Care Initiative (GOCI)

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Chemotherapy Effect; Decision-Making Oncology

Treatments: Behavioral: Goals of Care Initiative

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04020679

18_CPCR_17

Details and patient eligibility

About

A single site hybrid implement-evaluation stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in which cancer cluster groups (lung, colorectal, breast, renal, ovarian, upper GI & sarcoma) are randomised sequentially to initiate the Goals of Care Initiative into clinical practice.

Enrollment: 220 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergoing, or being considered for, systemic treatment from one of the cluster teams.
• 18+ years.
• Able to give written consent.
• Able to understand verbal and written English.

Exclusion criteria

• Patient is not being considered for Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Sequential Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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220 participants in 2 patient groups

Control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will not receive GOCI materials

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will receive GOCI materials and clinicians will receive training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Goals of Care Initiative