Feasibility study to report on the impact of ACCESS of single-fraction radiation therapy on cancer patients with bone metastases enrolled in hospice care.
Hospice care for terminally ill patients with metastatic cancer improves quality of life, pain control, and potentially also survival when patients are enrolled early.1-3 However, hospice programs are often seen by patients and their caregivers as the last resort after exhaustion of all effective treatment options. The need to revoke active treatment (for all hospice patients with cancer outside of the VA system) discourages hospice enrollment. This study aims to understand and analyze barriers to access specifically for short course palliative radiation therapy in cancer patients enrolled in hospice.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
31
All subjects will be undergo single-fraction palliative radiation therapy who have cancer and associated bone metastases and symptomatic bone pain.
CarePartners
Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
RECRUITINGChange in Opioid Use for Pain Management
Opioid Dosage (mg/day)
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Improved Quality of Life Measures
Questionnaires using Herth Hope Index, Timed Up and Go, and Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
Time frame: During study completion
Improved Activities of Daily Living
Questionnaires using Hearth Hope Index, Timed Up and Go, and Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale
Time frame: During study completion
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