About this trial

To test the effects of home-based care on unplanned hospitalization within 6 months among advanced cancer patients with decreased performance status. Home-based care includes education for patients and their family caregivers, home visits by specialized home-based medical staff, and regular status check-ups.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patient

A person who has an advanced-stage solid cancer diagnosis (ICD-10 code C00-C70); A person who is receiving or planning to receive cancer treatment

A person who meets one of the following conditions

Has been evaluated as having ECOG performance status 2

Disqualifiers

Patient

A person who cannot speak, hear, or read Korean

A person who is judged by a medical doctor to be unable to take part in this research due to extremely poor health

A person residing outside the range that can be visited by the respective medical institution (the conditions for distance are to be specified by each medical institution)*

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Home-based care

Treatment groups

396 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Locations

6
Dongguk University Medical Center Goyang-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea
Bundang CHA Hospital Seongnam-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Seongnam-siGyeonggi-do, South Korea
Chung-Ang University Hosptial Seoul South Korea

Sponsors and collaborators

Seoul National University Hospital

Lead sponsor

Chung-Ang University Hosptial, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine

Collaborator

DongGuk University

Collaborator

Kyung Hee University Hospital

Collaborator

Bundang CHA Hospital

Collaborator

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Collaborator