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National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Information provided by: | National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00445640 |
RATIONALE: Evaluating a planning tool that helps young patients with advanced cancer develop an advance directive may be useful in addressing end-of-life issues.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is evaluating use of the Five Wishes document to develop an advance directive in young patients with metastatic, recurrent, or progressive cancer, or HIV disease.
Condition | Intervention |
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Cancer-Related Problem/Condition Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific Unspecified Childhood Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific |
Procedure: counseling Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Official Title: | An Exploratory Study of the Use of Five Wishes as a Tool for Advanced Care Planning in Young Adults With Metastatic, Recurrent or Progressive Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 50 |
Study Start Date: | December 2006 |
OBJECTIVES:
OUTLINE: This is a two-stage, pilot study. Patients are stratified according to age (16 to 19 years vs 20 to 30 years). Patients are enrolled into either stage 1 or stage 2.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 50 patients will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 30 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
Diagnosis of cancer or HIV disease
Currently enrolled in an active treatment protocol at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
United States, Maryland | |
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office | Recruiting |
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892-1182 | |
Contact: Clinical Trials Office - Warren Grant Magnusen Clinical Center 888-NCI-1937 |
Principal Investigator: | Lori Wiener, PhD | NCI - Pediatric Oncology Branch |
Study ID Numbers: | CDR0000534414, NCI-07-C-0085 |
Study First Received: | March 7, 2007 |
Last Updated: | December 23, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00445640 |
Health Authority: | Unspecified |
transitional care planning psychosocial effects/treatment unspecified adult solid tumor, protocol specific unspecified childhood solid tumor, protocol specific |
HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Recurrence |