Clinical trial · Interventional
Aging and Family Outcomes in Supportive Care of Advanced Cancer Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The diagnosis of advanced, incurable cancer at different stages of the adult life span holds a variety of meanings for family members who often must play critical roles in patient care and decision-making. Family caregivers are greatly affected by the diagnosis and treatment of late-stage cancer in a loved one and may find it difficult to meet the demands of taking care of their loved one through end-of-life care and taking care of their own well-being. This grant provides funding to examine processes and outcomes of the intervention for family caregivers of advanced cancer patients.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aging | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| coping and communication support (CCS) intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 1
- description
- In the intervention arm, Patients and their family caregivers have access to a coping and communication support practitioner (CCSP) (see intervention description) in addition to receiving the usual care in the site.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: coping and communication support (CCS) intervention
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Arm 2
- description
- In the control arm, Patients are receiving the usual care in the site.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The primary goal of this project is to examine main effects of the intervention and patient age group interaction effects of the CCS intervention on perspectives and well-being of family caregivers during advanced cancer care and in bereavement.
- timeFrame
- one year
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed within 1 year with advanced cancer (stage IV), aged 40 years or older. * Patients must be cognitively intact at time of enrollment. * Patient need not have family care-giver to be enrolled, but if there is one, FCG is enrolled with the patient. FCG need not be 40 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: \- Less than stage IV cancer, stage IV cancer diagnosed over 1 year previously or younger than 40 years of age.
References
Publications (3)
- RESULTBowman KF, Rose JH, Radziewicz RM, O'Toole EE, Berila RA. Family caregiver engagement in a coping and communication support intervention tailored to advanced cancer patients and families. Cancer Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;32(1):73-81. doi: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000343367.98623.83. PMID 19104204
- RESULTRose JH, Radziewicz R, Bowmans KF, O'Toole EE. A coping and communication support intervention tailored to older patients diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Clin Interv Aging. 2008;3(1):77-95. doi: 10.2147/cia.s1262. PMID 18488881
- RESULTRose JH, O'Toole EE, Einstadter D, Love TE, Shenko CA, Dawson NV. Patient age, well-being, perspectives, and care practices in the early treatment phase for late-stage cancer. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2008 Sep;63(9):960-8. doi: 10.1093/gerona/63.9.960. PMID 18840801