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Early palliative care (EPC) has been shown to improve QoL and reduce symptom burden in PDAC, but only a minority of PDAC patients receive it. Using three conceptual models, we developed a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to help facilitate stepped PC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of PAL-CHW-PDAC.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A single-center prospective single-arm pilot study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting\/Subjects:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Newly-diagnosed PDAC patients (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 48).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Acceptability and Feasibility were defined using the RE-AIM framework. 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