Outcomes of Triaged Family Care in Advanced Cancer
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Advanced Cancer
In brief
The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers and to evaluate two doses of a family-based program of care versus control.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00709176
- Run by
- University of Michigan
- People needed
- 484
- Starts
- 2005-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-02-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients with Stage 3 or 4 breast, prostate, colorectal and lung cancers.
- Patients must be 21 years old or older, physically and mentally able to participate, speak and understand English, have a minimum life expectancy of six months, live within 75 miles of one of the participating sites and have a family caregiver who is willing to participate in the study.
- For this study "family caregiver" is defined as the person who provides the patient with physical and/or emotional support during cancer treatment.
- Family caregivers must be 18 years old or older, physically and mentally able to participate, and speak and understand English.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients will be excluded if they have multiple primary cancer sites.
- Family caregivers will be excluded if they, themselves, have been diagnosed with cancer during the previous year and/or are in active treatment for cancer.
Where it is running
- St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- Karmanos Cancer Center — Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Wayne State University — Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Providence Hospital Cancer Institute — Southfield, Michigan, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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