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Study Overview

This clinical trial focuses on testing the efficacy of different digital interventions to promote re-engagement in cancer-related long-term follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of childhood cancer.

Description

This study will assess the efficacy of receiving emergency care at home versus in the brick-and-mortar emergency department.

Official Title

Emergency Care at Home: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-02-02
Study Completion:2025-03-02
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06299774

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:No
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Age \>= 18 years
  2. * Resides within Home Hospital geographic area
  3. * Lives in permanent housing (i.e., not in temporary housing such as a shelter)
  4. * Patient of a Mass General Brigham primary care provider
  5. * Primary care provider attests that their triage recommendation is the emergency department
  6. * Emergency care at home nurse triages the participant to the emergency department or urgent care
  7. * Patient attests that they intend to go to the emergency department
  1. * Insurance: workers compensation and motor vehicle accident
  2. * Lives in a healthcare facility (Skilled Nursing, Rehab, long term acute care)
  3. * Patient/caregiver cannot answer phone or door
  4. * Active substance use
  5. * Acute psychiatric concerns (e.g., suicidal ideation, even if passive)
  6. * Home safety concerns (e.g., intimate partner violence)
  7. * High-risk features:
  8. * Requires inpatient-level care
  9. * Requires specialty consultation
  10. * Requires physical, occupational, or speech therapy
  11. * Requires blood transfusion
  12. * Requires internal physical exam maneuver (e.g. rectal exam, genitourinary exam)
  13. * Requires imaging that is not available at home
  14. * Requires monitoring that is not available at home
  15. * Troubleshooting wound vacs

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

David Levine, MD, MPH, MA
CONTACT
6177327063
dmlevine@bwh.harvard.edu

Study Locations (Sites)

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-02-02
Study Completion Date2025-03-02

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-02-02
Study Completion Date2025-03-02

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Emergency Department Visits