Clinical trial · Interventional
Multimedia Training for Family Caregivers in Use of Touch and Massage in Supportive Cancer Care
Couples and Cancer: Building Partner Efficacy in Caring
- 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)
RATIONALE: A multimedia education program for family caregivers that teaches simple methods of touch and massage for the comfort of cancer patients at home may be effective in lowering stress, reducing symptoms, and improving quality of life for patients; and may improve caregiver satisfaction and self-efficacy. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying how well multimedia instruction of caregivers in use of touch and massage works for cancer patients and their care partners.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attention control (reading) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Touch, Caring and Cancer DVD program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Attention control (reading)
- description
- Caregivers read to patients from literature of the patient's choice for recommended 20 minutes at least 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Attention control (reading)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Touch, Caring and Cancer DVD program
- description
- Caregivers apply the instruction of the Touch, Caring and Cancer DVD program for patients for recommended 20 minutes at least 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Touch, Caring and Cancer DVD program
Primary outcomes (7)
- measure
- Acute effects of massage on patient symptoms as assessed by the weekly Study Report card
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Cancer patient and their care partner with any of the following characteristics: * African American * Asian * Hispanic or Latino * Caucasian * Intimate relationship * Parent/adult child relationship * Same-sex couple relationship * Male or female * Patient must have undergone conventional cancer treatment within the past 6 months PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Speaks, reads, and writes English, Spanish, or Chinese (care partner) * Speaks, reads, and writes English, Spanish, or Chinese (patient) * No contraindication, such as serious mental illness or physical inability, that would preclude study participation (patient or care partner) PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDCollinge W, MacDonald G, Walton T. Massage in supportive cancer care. Semin Oncol Nurs. 2012 Feb;28(1):45-54. doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2011.11.005. PMID 22281309
- RESULTCollinge W, Kahn J, Walton T, Kozak L, Bauer-Wu S, Fletcher K, Yarnold P, Soltysik R. Touch, Caring, and Cancer: randomized controlled trial of a multimedia caregiver education program. Support Care Cancer. 2013 May;21(5):1405-14. doi: 10.1007/s00520-012-1682-6. Epub 2012 Dec 21. PMID 23262808