Figure 1. Flow of Participants Through a Trial of Stepped vs Early Palliative Care for Patient With Advanced Lung Cancer.

ECOG indicates Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; FACT-L, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Lung.

^aA total of 397 participants had diagnoses of non–small cell lung cancer, 100 had small cell lung cancer, and 10 had mesothelioma.