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About this trial

This research study is evaluating a new program called Building Out Lifelines for Safety, Trust, Empowerment, and Renewal or (BOLSTER), which was designed to support participants with a gynecological or gastrointestinal cancer and new and complex care needs.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥18 years

Currently hospitalized with skilled care need or have acquired a new skilled care need as an outpatient

Diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancer (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, colorectal, unknown GI primary, anal) or advanced gynecologic cancer (ovarian, endometrial, cervical, vaginal, vulvar)

Has a complex care need (e.g., ostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, nephrostomy, biliary drain, venting gastric tube, feeding tube, intraabdominal or pleural catheter, wound VAC)

Disqualifiers

Has cognitive impairments (as determined by the patient's oncologist)

Planning to enroll in hospice

Unable to complete baseline survey

Adults unable to consent

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • BOLSTER Program

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

2
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute02215, BostonMassachusetts, United States
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center77030, HoustonTexas, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov