CI

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ClinicalIndex Comparison Record
N/ACompleted· 507 enrolled
Drug / intervention
Stepped PC +1 moreother
Likely dose
Not stated in record
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Randomized Trial of Stepped Palliative Care Versus Early Integrated Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Massachusetts General Hospital·interventional·Posted Nov 9, 2017·Updated May 15, 2025

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating Stepped PC and Early Integrated PC for Lung Cancer. Completed, enrolled 507 participants across 3 sites.

Detailed Summary

This research study is evaluating ways to provide palliative care to patients who have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional
Allocation--
Masking--
Primary Purpose--
ConditionsLung Cancer
CountriesUnited States
CollaboratorsNational Cancer Institute (NCI)

Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished
201820192020202120222023202420252026
First PostedNov 9, 2017
Enrollment StartFeb 1, 2018
Primary CompletionJul 1, 2023
Study CompletionDec 31, 2023
TodayJul 2, 2026
Enrollment to primary: 5.4 yearsPosted 8.6 years ago

Interventions

Stepped PCother

Palliative Care is involvement of a team of clinicians that specialize in lessening (or "palliating") many of these distressing physical and emotional symptoms and in helping patients and their family cope with a serious illness improves patients' and their loved ones' experience with their cancer

Early Integrated PCother

Palliative Care is involvement of a team of clinicians that specialize in lessening (or "palliating") many of these distressing physical and emotional symptoms and in helping patients and their family cope with a serious illness improves patients' and their loved ones' experience with their cancer