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Impact of Project ECHO on Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · NCT04984551

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Any age listed · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Phase 2
Target enrollment
312
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
August 24, 2020
Record last updated
September 14, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This trial investigates the experience and satisfaction of care in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced) and their caregivers living in underserved areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India and Ethiopia as part of Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO). Project ECHO is a model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians to provide better care to more people where they live. Understanding the experiences and satisfaction of patients and caregivers may help improve healthcare workforce capacity and increase access to specialty care for the world's rural and underserved populations.

Being studied: Extension of Community Health (ECHO) Telementoring Clinic; In-Country Workshops; Professional Oncology Educations Programs; Medical Chart Review; Questionnaire Administration

Conditions: Advanced Malignant Solid Neoplasm; Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm

Eligibility criteria

Copied from the official record. The study team makes the final decision at screening.

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Inclusion Criteria

  • PATIENT: Scheduled to receive treatment at participating primary care practice for advanced cancer
  • PATIENT: 18 years or older
  • PATIENT: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person
  • PATIENT: Prognosis of at least 1 year as ascertained by the treating physician
  • PATIENT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician
  • CAREGIVER: Identified or self-identified as primary caregiver of the patient
  • CAREGIVER: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person
  • CAREGIVER: 18 years or older
  • CAREGIVER: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician
  • ECHO PARTICIPANT: Participant must be a health care provider interested to participate in the study for 2 years and understand the protocol and provide consent
  • ECHO PARTICIPANT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by principal investigator (PI)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unable to understand and sign consent

Recruiting US locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Sriram Yennu · 713-792-6085

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Sriram Yennu · 713-792-6085 · syennu@mdanderson.org
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