OUTLINE: Patients and caregivers are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.~ARM I: Participants use PACT mHealth app.~ARM II: Participants engage in standard care with no modifications.~After completion of study intervention, participants are followed up at 3 and 6 months.
This clinical trial tests a new mobile health application (app) called Planning Advance Care Together (PACT) to help people with cancer talk about and plan for advance care planning (the care they would want if they were unable to communicate) with their loved ones and doctors. The development of the PACT mobile app may help future patients incorporate their social network (typically, but not exclusively, family) into the advance care planning process.