LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons With Colorectal Cancer
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Legal Services.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Caregiver Burden, Colorectal Cancer, Legal Intervention. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
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.
Interventions
- Other Legal Services
Legal care services from Cancer Legal Care (CLC), a nonprofit organization located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility [Time frame: 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Acceptability [Time frame: 3 months]
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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Masonic Cancer Center — Minneapolis
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07153016 · 2025LS070