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Impact of Project ECHO on Improving the Quality of Palliative Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Caregivers in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia
ECHO Telementoring to Improve Quality Palliative Care in Underserved Areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India, and Ethiopia
Who can join
All ages · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENT: Scheduled to receive treatment at participating primary care practice for advanced cancer * PATIENT: 18 years or older * PATIENT: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person * PATIENT: Prognosis of at least 1 year as ascertained by the treating physician * PATIENT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician * CAREGIVER: Identified or self-identified as primary caregiver of the patient * CAREGIVER: Willing to be accessible to the research team for follow-up by telephone or in person * CAREGIVER: 18 years or older * CAREGIVER: Able to read and understand English as assessed by the treating physician * ECHO PARTICIPANT: Participant must be a health care provider interested to participate in the study for 2 years and understand the protocol and provide consent * ECHO PARTICIPANT: Able to read and understand English as assessed by principal investigator (PI) Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to understand and sign consent
About the study
This trial investigates the experience and satisfaction of care in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced) and their caregivers living in underserved areas of Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, India and Ethiopia as part of Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO). Project ECHO is a model of medical education and care management that empowers clinicians to provide better care to more people where they live. Understanding the experiences and satisfaction of patients and caregivers may help improve healthcare workforce capacity and increase access to specialty care for the world's rural and underserved populations.
What is being tested
- Extension of Community Health (ECHO) Telementoring Clinic (other)
- In-Country Workshops (other)
- Professional Oncology Educations Programs (other)
- Medical Chart Review (other)
- Questionnaire Administration (other)
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Participants: 312 · Started: Aug 24, 2020
Contact the study team
- Sriram Yennu · Phone: 713-792-6085
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04984551
Locations in the U.S.
| Texas | M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.