Colorectal Cancer
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a single center single-arm, pilot study of proactive and early connection with free legal care services for persons with advanced colorectal cancer to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of this intervention in improving financial and psychosocial outcomes. Participants will receive free, personalized legal care services from Cancer Legal Care (CLC), a nonprofit organization located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The duration of study participation is 6 months, however, participants may continue to access free personalized legal care services beyond this period. All participants continue to receive standard of care as prescribed by their treating physician.
Interventions
OTHERPersonalized legal care services
Participants will receive free, personalized legal care services from Cancer Legal Care (CLC), a nonprofit organization located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. The duration of study participation is 6 months, however, participants may continue to access free personalized legal care services beyond this period.
Sponsors
University of Minnesota
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This is a single center single-arm, pilot study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of advanced stage colorectal cancer. * Estimated life expectancy of over 6 months in the opinion of the treating oncologist. * 18 years of age or older at the time of consent. * Able to understand, speak, read, and write in English. * Able to provide voluntary written consent prior to the performance of any research related activity.
Exclusion criteria
* Lacks capacity to consent/has diminished capacity to consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Perceived Stress Scale 4 (PSS-4) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 4-item measure of perceived stress. |
| The Cancer Behavior Inventory-Brief Version (CBI-B) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 12-item measure of self-efficacy coping with cancer. |
| The COmprehensive Score for financial Toxicity (COST) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 12-item measure of financial toxicity. |
| The National Comprehensive Cancer Network's (NCCN) Distress Thermometer | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A single-item measure of psychological distress. |
| The Spitzer Uniscale (UNISCALE) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A single-item measure of overall quality of life. |
| Patient Satisfaction with Interpersonal Relationship with Navigator (PSN-I) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 9-item measure of perceptions of interpersonal relationships with a patient navigator (i.e. CLC). |
| Pearlin Mastery Scale | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 7-item measure of psychological coping (mastery). |
| The Life Engagement Test (LET) | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 6-item measure of purpose in life, defined as the extent to which a person engages in activities that are personally meaningful. |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem (RSE) Scale | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 10-item measure of self-esteem. |
| Cancer Related Behavior Questionnaire | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 31-item measure of comfort facing cancer related issues. |
| Cancer Legal Care Services Questionnaire | baseline, 3 months, 6 months | A 13-item measure of CLC |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORArjun Gupta, MD
University of Minnesota
Outcome results
None listed