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LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons with Colorectal Cancer
Status: Recruiting
The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of providing personalized legal and financial services on the financial and emotional health of people with advanced stage colorectal cancer and their caregiver. We have partnered with a local nonprofit company called Cancer Legal Care (CLC) to provide the legal and financial services as part of this research. Participation in this study lasts for up to 3 months.
Sex: Male or Female
Age Group: 18 years and over
Inclusion Criteria:
• Participant has a diagnosis advanced stage (Stage III or Stage IV) colorectal cancer in the past 3 months, starting or planning to start systemic cancer therapy, able to identify a caregiver for study participation, and able to understand, speak, read, and write in English
• Caregiver: identified as a caregiver by a person who has colorectal cancer and able to understand, speak, read, and write in English
• see link to clinicaltrials.gov for complete Inclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
• does not have the ability to provide informed consent
Interventions:
Other: Legal Services
Conditions:
Cancer
Keywords:
Caregiver Burden, Colorectal Cancer, Legal Intervention
Study Contact: Ashley Hoffman - hoff1118@umn.edu
Principal Investigator: Arjun Gupta
Phase: NA
IRB Number: STUDY00025970
See this study on ClinicalTrials.gov