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Engagement of Patients With Advanced Cancer
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating EPAC for End of Life and 13 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 213 participants.
Detailed Summary
The Engagement of Patients with Advanced Cancer is an intervention that utilizes well-trained lay health coaches to engage patients and their families in goals of care and shared decision-making after a diagnosis of advanced cancer. Although lay health workers have never been tested in this role, we hypothesize that lay health workers can feasibly improve goals of care documentation and help to reduce unwanted healthcare utilization at the end of life for Veterans diagnosed with new advanced stages of cancer and those diagnosed with recurrent disease.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Each patient will receive a lay health worker who will engage and educate patients on goals of care documentation and will continue to address goals of care for at least 6 months with patients after enrollment in the study.