An interventional study of Standard of Care (Acute Cancer Care Center) and Standard of Care (Goals of Care) in Lung Cancer and Gastrointestinal Cancer, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-14.
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
To improve quality of life for participants with advanced cancer, support their families, and lower overall cost of care.
Primary Objective:
To compare overall percentage of days spent in an acute care setting over the 30-day period from time of the index emergency department (ED), referred to as Acute Cancer Care Center (ACCC), visit for patients who receive the emergency department-based GOC intervention and those who do not.
Secondary Objective:
To obtain data on rates of admission to the ICU, death in the hospital setting, symptom improvement for participants hospitalized, hospice referral, survival, and 30-day care costs for participants who receive the GOC intervention in the ACCC and those who do not.
7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,557 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
In Group 1, participants will receive the usual standard of care, during your emergency room visit, provided by the Acute Cancer Care Center (ACCC) treating doctor who will address symptoms and other medical problems that brought the participant to the emergency room.
Other: Standard of Care (Acute Cancer Care Center)
In Group 2, participants will receive the above usual standard of care plus goals of care (GOC) intervention.
Other: Standard of Care (Goals of Care)
In Group 1, participants will receive the usual standard of care by an emergency care physician not trained in palliative care.
In Group 2, participants will receive standard of care plus palliative care intervention by an emergency care physician trained in palliative care.
Quality Of Life Questionnaire
Time frame: through study completion; an average of 1 year
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