Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Numerous studies show that early palliative care improves quality of life and other key outcomes in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers, although most lack access to this evidence-based model of care.

Objective

To evaluate whether delivering early palliative care via secure video vs in-person visits has an equivalent effect on quality of life in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Design, setting, and participants

Randomized, multisite, comparative effectiveness trial from June 14, 2018, to May 4, 2023, at 22 US cancer centers among 1250 patients within 12 weeks of diagnosis of advanced NSCLC and 548 caregivers.

Intervention

Participants were randomized to meet with a specialty-trained palliative care clinician e

SUBMITTER: Greer JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391365 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature