NCT06616298

ALIGN for Older Adults With Cancer in SNFs

Improving Person-Centered Outcomes for Older Adults With Cancer Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities and Their Family Caregivers

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 98 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if it is possible to deliver a palliative care intervention called ALIGN (Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs) to hospitalized older adults with advanced cancer who are discharged to a skilled nursing facility and their caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can the investigator successfully deliver the ALIGN intervention in different skilled community nursing facilities? * Can the investigator successfully collect information from participants throughout the study? * How can the investigator best prepare caregivers to make medical decisions for loved ones that become unable to do so themselves? Researchers will compare ALIGN to care as it is usually delivered. Participants will: * Visit virtually with an ALIGN palliative care social worker every 1-2 weeks during their skilled nursing facility stay and up to 45 days after discharge from the facility or will see a palliative care clinician if recommended by their oncologist or other involved clinician. * Participants will provide information about how they are doing 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after enrolling in the study.

Conditions

• Advanced Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs (ALIGN)	Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs (ALIGN). ALIGN utilizes the skills of palliative care social workers (PCSWs) trained in family and systems-level theory to address changing preferences for care, family distress, and to facilitate communication across care transitions to improve care aligned with preferences. A patient navigator supports the patient/caregiver and social worker dynamic by helping patients access care and resources. The intervention is implemented virtually in community SNFs and follows patients for 45 days after SNF discharge to reflect real-world patient flow.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-24
• Primary completion: 2027-08-24
• Completion: 2028-08-01
• First posted: 2024-09-27
• Last updated: 2025-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States