Clinical trial · Interventional
Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers
Improvement of Information to Cancer Patients' Caregivers: a Randomised Intervention Study
NCT02380469CI-TRIAL-00036655completedN/AClinicalTrials.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)
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a systematic early assessment of uncovered needs for information, supplemented by an interview about the needs with the patient's nurse who seeks to provide the information requested, will improve the caregivers' and the patients' satisfaction with information and communication and potentially also decrease anxiety and depression.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identification and provision of lacking information | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Immediate intervention
- description
- Immediately after enrollment in the project, caregivers and patients receive the intervention
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Identification and provision of lacking information
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Delayed intervention (3 weeks later)
- description
- This group receives the same intervention as in the experimental group, but after the outcome assessment at 2 weeks
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Identification and provision of lacking information
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Satisfaction with information from health care professionals
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer patient * Newly refered to (i.e., this is the patient's first visit in) Department of Oncology, Herlev Hospital, in order to start medical treatment (e.g. chemotherapy) * Written informed consent Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * Attends the first visit in the Department of Oncology with the patient * Has lacked information about at least one of the 13 aspects of information asked about in the questionnaire * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient and/or caregiver do not understand Danish well enough to participate in the study * The patient has an expected survival of less than six months
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDLund L, Ross L, Groenvold M. The initial development of the 'Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire' (CaTCoN). Acta Oncol. 2012 Nov;51(8):1009-19. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.681697. Epub 2012 May 8. PMID 22564144
- BACKGROUNDLund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Groenvold M. The validity and reliability of the 'Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire' (CaTCoN). Acta Oncol. 2014 Jul;53(7):966-74. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2014.888496. Epub 2014 Mar 16. PMID 24628263
- BACKGROUNDLund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Groenvold M. The interaction between informal cancer caregivers and health care professionals: a survey of caregivers' experiences of problems and unmet needs. Support Care Cancer. 2015 Jun;23(6):1719-33. doi: 10.1007/s00520-014-2529-0. Epub 2014 Nov 29. PMID 25432867
- DERIVEDLund L, Ross L, Petersen MA, Sengelov L, Groenvold M. Improving information to caregivers of cancer patients: the Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply (HERMES) randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Feb;28(2):939-950. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-04900-3. Epub 2019 Jun 8. PMID 31177391