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LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons With Colorectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT07153016Sponsor: Masonic Cancer Center, University of MinnesotaLast updated: 2025-09-16

Summary

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.

Arms & interventions

OtherLegal Services
Legal care services from Cancer Legal Care (CLC), a nonprofit organization located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

Outcome measures

Primary

Feasibility
Feasibility will be measured through rates of 1) initial engagement (i.e., percent of patients and caregivers who meet with a CLC representative), 2) continued engagement (i.e., percentage of patients and caregivers who respond to questionnaires at months 3), and 3) intervention completion (i.e., percentage of patients and caregivers who receive a legal service). The mean of the 3 metrics will be used to determine feasibility. The intervention will be deemed as feasible if ≥50% is met on each of the 3 feasibility metrics.
Time frame: 3 months

Secondary

Acceptability
Time frame: 3 months

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 18 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: Yes

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 locations (1)

Masonic Cancer Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

Recruiting

Arjun Gupta, MD · Contact