Effects of Cancer Symptoms on Caregivers

Completed

Conditions studied: Psychosocial

In brief

The primary objectives are to: 1.1 identify and compare the experiences of minority and nonminority caregivers, including the prevalence and severity of physical (fatigue, sleep disturbance) and psychologic (depression, anxiety, stress) symptoms and their influence on caregiver symptom burden; and to 1.2 assess the relationship between caregiver's symptoms (physical and psychologic) and the patient's symptom's at multiple time points over the patient's treatment regimen for advanced solid tumors (lung, breast, cervical, and others). A secondary objective is to: 1.3 describe the experience of being a minority (African American/Black or Latino) or nonminority person caring for a medically underserved patient with advanced solids tumors (lung, breast, cervical, or others) over the course of the patient's treatment regimen and follow-up clinic visits.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00351988

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

199

Starts

2006-01-26

Expected to finish

2022-01-20

Last updated by the study team

2022-02-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Caregiver inclusion criteria includes: provides care and/or assistance to a patient receiving new or current treatment - Single or combined chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or targeted therapy for advanced solid tumors (lung, breast, cervical, and other).
• 18 years of age or older;
• self-identified as African-American/Black, Latino, or white, non-Latino;
• able to speak English or Spanish (as applicable);
• able to read and complete forms or be willing to have the forms read to them by a trained interviewer;
• accessible through personal or telephone contact for the duration of the study.
• Patient inclusion criteria: Receiving new or current treatment - Single or combined - chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and/or targeted therapy for advanced solid tumors (lung, breast, cervical, and others). Criteria 2-6 are the same as listed under Caregiver Criteria.
• Exclusion Criteria: None

Where it is running

• Jackson Memorial — Miami, Florida, United States
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
• Ben Taub General Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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