Investigating the Impact of Proactive Palliative Care (NCT03667378)
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
This study will test whether adding personalized supportive care to medical treatment on a clinical trial affects the study participants' ability and desire to discuss their symptoms, their concerns about the future, and their approach to coping with cancer. The effects of supportive care on participants' responses to questions about these topics will be compared with those of other study participants who are being treated for cancer in a clinical trial, but are not receiving personalized supportive care.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (4 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (4 items).
Location: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who already are receiving specialty supportive care (already referred for a supportive care consultation) prior to enrollment in a Phase I protocol.
- Patients will be excluded if the Phase I, Phase I/Ib, Phase I/II or Phase II trial involves known active drugs in combination with experimental drugs, in which the patient has not previously received the known active drug or active drugs of the same class. For example, a patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer who has not received gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel, but enrolls on a study that tests an experimental drug in addition to gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel, will be excluded.
- Significant psychiatric or cognitive disturbance in the primary clinician"s or investigator"s judgment, to preclude providing informed consent or participating in the interventions (i.e. acute psychiatric symptoms which require individual treatment)
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.