Clinical trial · Interventional
Study of How Caregivers Help Patients Cope With Respiratory and Other Symptoms Caused by Lung Cancer
A Non-pharmacological Supportive Care Intervention for Patients With Lung Cancer and Their Caregivers in the Management of the Respiratory Distress Symptom Cluster.
- 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: Gathering information about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals cope with symptoms caused by lung cancer, such as breathlessness, cough, fatigue, anxiety, depression, pain, and difficulty sleeping, may help doctors learn more about non-drug methods of treating symptoms of respiratory distress. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how caregivers help patients cope with respiratory and other symptoms caused by lung cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety Disorder | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Dyspnea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (6)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| dyspnea management | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| informational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| management of therapy complications | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial support for caregiver | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Consolidation of knowledge of existing interventions and their characteristics
- measure
- Patients', caregivers', and healthcare professionals' views on existing interventions
- measure
- Utilization of any additional interventions not currently described in the literature
- measure
- Exploration of patients' perspectives on interrelationships among symptoms, in terms of clusters or causal relationships
- measure
- Patients', caregivers', and healthcare professionals' views of the desirable components/characteristics of a novel intervention using the Discrete Choice Experiment 'Best-Worst' scale
- measure
- Exploration of what is 'usual care' in the context of the study
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Meets 1 of the following criteria: * Patient with diagnosis of lung cancer * Caregiver of patient * Healthcare professional (i.e., clinical nurse specialist, physiotherapist, primary care team member, or palliative care team member) * Patients recruited from Manchester, Liverpool, or Southampton hospitals PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Not specified PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
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