Effect of an Oncology Nurse-Led Primary Palliative Care Intervention on Patients With Advanced Cancer: The CONNECT Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Guidelines recommend early specialty palliative care for all patients with advanced cancer, but most patients lack access to such services.

Objective

To assess the effect of CONNECT (Care Management by Oncology Nurses to Address Supportive Care Needs), a primary palliative care intervention delivered by oncology nurses, on patient outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cluster randomized clinical trial of the CONNECT intervention vs standard care was conducted from July 25, 2016, to October 6, 2020. Participants were adult patients with metastatic solid tumors who were undergoing oncological care and for whom an oncologist would agree with the statement "would not be surprised if the patient died in the next year." The trial was conducted at 17 co

SUBMITTER: Schenker Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438619 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature