Clinical trial · Observational
Perceptions of Burden in Patients With Late-Stage Cancer and Their Caregivers
Perception of Caregiver Burden
NCT00770419CI-TRIAL-00018074withdrawnClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Slow accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about patients' sense of being a burden on their caregiver, and caregivers' sense of burden on themselves, may help doctors learn more about the desire to die in patients with late-stage cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying perceptions of burden in patients with late-stage cancer and their caregivers.
Conditions
Conditions (10)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders | Myeloproliferative Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Leukemia | Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Lymphoma | Lymphoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
| Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms | Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes | Myelodysplastic Syndrome | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| medical chart review | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Relationship between patient's sense of being a burden on primary caregiver & increase in patient desire for hastened death (DHD) by Caregiver Demands Scale (CDS) at baseline & Schedule of Attitudes toward Hastened Death (SAHD) at 2 & 4 mo.
- measure
- Contribution of the caregiver's sense of caregiver burden, as measured by the caregiver version of the CDS at baseline, on increases in patient DHD over time
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Identification of coping and personality factors in both caregivers and patients that may be related to the patients' DHD and changes in their DHD
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Meets 1 of the following criteria
* Patient with a diagnosis of cancer
* Confirmed late-stage disease refractory to standard primary therapy
* Reside with a non-paid primary caregiver
* Receiving care at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
* Caregiver
* Must be at least 18 years old
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* Life expectancy ≥ 4 months
* No documented or observable cognitive (e.g., dementia) or psychiatric (e.g., psychosis) problems that would interfere with study participation
* Able to read and write English (patient and caregiver)
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* Not specifiedReferences
Publications (0)
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