SupporTive Care At Home Research for Patients With Advanced Cancer (STAHR-cancer)
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19+
SponsorSeoul National University Hospital
About this trial
To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patient
A person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment
A person who meets one of the following conditions
Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2
Disqualifiers
Patient
A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean
A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health
A person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)*
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Home-based care
Other interventionHome-based medical care is based on a specialized home-based medical team approach, including following: 1. Specialized Home-Based Medical Team Approach 2. Initial Assessment and Education 3. Initial Home Visits and Education 4. Multidisciplinary Team Meeting 5. Regular Assessment After the Initial Visit
Treatment groups
396 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: InterventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Unplanned hospitalization
1. admission to the enrolled hospital to treat unexpected symptoms or medical conditions (not including planned admission for chemotherapy or admission for planned surgery or intervention) 2. admission to a hospital other than the enrolled hospital 3. admission to a nursing hospital for a duration of less than 4 weeks.
Time frame
within 6 months following enrollmentSecondary outcomes
1
Patient medical utilization
The total number of hospital utilization, including hospitalization, emergency room visit, and clinic visits
Time frame
within 6 months following enrollment2
Hospitalization
the number of hospitalization
Time frame
within 6 months following enrollment3
ER visits
the number of emergency room visits
Time frame
within 6 months following enrollment4
Healthcare use
the number of healthcare use for severe diseases
Time frame
within 6 months following enrollmentSponsors and contacts
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Seoul National University Hospital
Lead sponsor
Chung-Ang University Hosptial, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine
Collaborator
DongGuk University
Collaborator
Kyung Hee University Hospital
Collaborator
Bundang CHA Hospital
Collaborator
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov