CAREgiver Study for Patients Undergoing HSCT

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Neoplasms

In brief

The investigators will use a single arm design and deliver a new supportive intervention entitled, "Ready to Connect, Actively Relax and Exercise (CARE)." The purpose of the study is to describe the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of the Ready to CARE intervention. Effectiveness outcomes include caregiver self-efficacy, distress, and coping style, and patient quality of life, symptom burden, and healthcare utilization.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03210727

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

20

Starts

2017-07-25

Expected to finish

2018-08-29

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-20

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Providing informal, unpaid care for a person who is 18 years of age or older and is scheduled to receive an allogeneic or autologous HSCT within the next three months.
• The caregiver's loved one ("patient") undergoing the transplant will be asked to enroll in the study to provide data regarding quality of life and symptom burden and to allow access of the medical record to ascertain healthcare utilization data. (Caregivers will not be excluded from the study if the patient declines to enroll.)

You may not qualify if…

• Under the age of 18 for either caregiver or patient.

Where it is running

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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