Clinical trial · Interventional
Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness
NCT01672294CI-TRIAL-00027004completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
Informal caregivers provide a majority of care for patients during serious illness. Lack of preparation and completion may leave caregivers less capable of caring for a loved one or making crucial decisions influencing care. This study will examine whether a preparation and completion intervention reduces caregiver anxiety, depression, anticipatory grief, and burden and improves patient quality of life and health care use.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
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 |
| Heart Failure | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pulmonary Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attention Control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Preparation and life completion | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- treatment
- description
- three facilitator-led end-of-life preparation and completion sessions with a facilitator with both patient and caregiver
- interventionNames
- Other: Preparation and life completion
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- attention control
- description
- three facilitator led sessions of listening to a relaxation CD.
- interventionNames
- Other: Attention Control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Caregiver Anxiety
- timeFrame
- Measured at baseline, 5 weeks, and 8 weeks
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 99 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with advanced cancer/Congestive heart failure/COPD/End stage renal disease who have a primary caregiver. Caregivers of Durham VAMC patients with advanced disease. Exclusion Criteria: * No caregiver present. * Caregiver with Cognitive impairment/inability to speak on phone/non-English speaking
References
Publications (0)
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