• Daniel E Lage, Alane S Burger, Julia Cohn, Max Hernand, Evanna Jin, Nora K Horick, Laurie Miller, Caroline Kuhlman, Elizabeth Krueger, Kara Olivier, Dana Haggett, Erika Meneely, Christine Ritchie, Ryan D Nipp, Lara Traeger, Areej El-Jawahri, Joseph A Greer, and Jennifer S Temel.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (D.E.L.), New York, NY, USA; Massachusetts General Hospital (D.E.L., M.H., E.J., N.K.H., L.M., C.K., E.K., K.O., D.H., E.M., C.R., R.D.N., L.T., A.E.J., J.A.G., J.S.T.), Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: laged1@mskcc.org.
• J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Dec 1; 68 (6): 613621.e1613-621.e1.

ContextPatients with advanced cancer are at increased risk for multiple hospitalizations and often have considerable needs postdischarge. Interventions to address patients' needs after transitioning home are lacking.ObjectivesWe sought to demonstrate the feasibility and acceptability of a postdischarge intervention for this population.MethodsWe conducted a single-arm pilot trial (n = 54) of a postdischarge intervention, consisting of a video visit with an oncology nurse practitioner (NP) within three days of discharge to address symptoms, medications, hospitalization-related issues, and care coordination. We enrolled English-speaking adults with advanced breast, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, or thoracic cancers experiencing an unplanned hospitalization and preparing for discharge home. The intervention was deemed feasible if ≥70% of approached patients enrolled and ≥70% of enrolled patients completed the intervention within three days of discharge. Two weeks after discharge, patients rated the ease and usefulness of the video technology on a 0-10 scale (higher scores indicate greater ease of use). NPs completed postintervention surveys to assess protocol adherence.ResultsWe enrolled 54 of 75 approached patients (77.3%). Of enrolled patients (median age = 65.0 years), 83.3% participated in the intervention within three days of discharge. The median ease of participating in the intervention was 9.0 (IQR: 6.0-10.0) and the median usefulness of the intervention was 7.0 (IQR: 4.5-8.0). The majority of visits focused on symptom management (85.7%), followed by posthospital medical issues (69.0%).ConclusionAn oncology NP-delivered intervention immediately after hospital discharge is a feasible and acceptable approach to providing postdischarge care for hospitalized patients with advanced cancer.Copyright © 2024 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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