LEgal Guidance and AdvocaCY for CAREgivers (LEGACY CARE): A Pilot Clinical Trial for Caregivers of Persons With Colorectal Cancer
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
20 participants
Sep 9, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria11
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Criteria1
- Lacks capacity to consent/diminished capacity to consent.
Interventions
Legal care services from Cancer Legal Care (CLC), a nonprofit organization located in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
Locations(1)
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NCT07153016