Palliative Care Teaching Sessions for Family Caregivers of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Palliative care teaching sessions may be more effective than standard care in improving caregiver burden, caregiver skills preparedness, quality of life, and distress in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effects of palliative care teaching sessions in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00827333

Run by

City of Hope Medical Center

People needed

372

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The primary family caregiver as identified by a patient with early or late stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) participating in Project 1 and 2
• Patients having been accrued to project 1 or project 2

Where it is running

• City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States

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