Bridge: Proactive Psychiatry Consultation and Case Management for Patients With Cancer
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 9
Summary
- Conditions
- Bipolar Disorder
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer
- Gastrointestinal Cancer
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Schizophrenia
- Severe Major Depression
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: 1. A consensus panel of disease-specific oncologists who are blinded to intervention arm will review all patients at 24 weeks of care and evaluate for disruptions in cancer care.Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
It is challenging to cope with cancer. The investigators want to understand if it is helpful for patients with serious mental illness (SMI) to be connected to a psychiatrist and case manager when cancer is diagnosed. Many people with illnesses like major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorde...
It is challenging to cope with cancer. The investigators want to understand if it is helpful for patients with serious mental illness (SMI) to be connected to a psychiatrist and case manager when cancer is diagnosed. Many people with illnesses like major depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder face barriers to receiving high quality cancer care. It can be difficult to get to appointments, have many different doctors, and experience depression or worry. Better communication between the patient, the oncology team, and mental health providers may improve care. As for all patients, it is important for people with mental illness to have access to high quality cancer treatment that is patient-centered and coordinated. Having a case manager and psychiatrist at the cancer center who collaborates with the oncology team starting at cancer diagnosis may help patients to receive the cancer care that they need. This study includes a single-arm open pilot (n=8) to pilot patient and caregiver measures and refine the intervention manual; a run-in period (n=6) to pilot the randomized trial procedures; and a randomized controlled trial (n=120) to compare the impact of the Bridge model with enhanced usual care on disruptions in cancer care.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03360695
- Collaborators
- Harvard Risk Management Foundation
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Kelly E Irwin, MD Massachusetts General Hospital
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