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LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons With Colorectal Cancer
NCT07153016 · Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
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About this study
This is a single center single-arm, pilot study of proactive and early connection with free legal care services for patient-caregiver dyads affected by colorectal cancer to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of this intervention in improving financial and psychosocial outcomes.
Participants (i.e. patient-caregiver dyads) 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 3 months, however, participants may continue to access free personalized legal care services beyond this period.
Eligibility criteria
Colorectal Cancer Patient Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of advanced stage (Stage III or Stage IV) colorectal cancer within the past 3 months.
* Initiated or planning to initiate systemic cancer therapy.
* Able to identify a caregiver for study participation.
* 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.
Caregiver Inclusion Criteria:
* 18 years of age or older at the time of consent.
* Identified as a caregiver by a colorectal cancer patient.
* 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/diminished capacity to consent.
Study design
Enrollment target: 20 participants
Allocation: na
Masking: none
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2025-09-09
Estimated completion: 2027-12-31
Last updated: 2025-09-16
Interventions
Other: Legal Services
Primary outcomes
- • Feasibility (3 months)
Sponsor
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota · other
Contacts & investigators
ContactArjun Gupta, MBBS · contact · arjgupta@umn.edu · 612-626-5906
All locations (1)
Masonic Cancer CenterRecruiting
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States