Clinical trial · Interventional
CareSTEPS: A Supportive Care Program for the Caregivers of Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
- 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 CareSTEPS intervention fills an important service gap by providing education, skills training, and support to the caregivers of advanced lung cancer patients on active treatment. The home-based delivery format will facilitate future dissemination and outreach. By empowering families with the skills they need to provide care and meet the challenges of lung cancer, this intervention holds great promise for improving caregiver quality of life (QOL), patient QOL, and the quality of palliative and supportive care services offered to patients with advanced cancer and their families.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| CareSTEPS | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- CareSTEPS
- description
- CareSTEPS provides skills training in six domains that are central to the caregiving role: self-care, stress management, symptom management, effective communication, problem-solving, and social support.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: CareSTEPS
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Medical Care (UMC)
- description
- Patients receive standard oncologic and generalist palliative care from their healthcare team.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Caregiver Depression
- timeFrame
- 8 weeks
- description
- PROMIS Depression Short Form
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient has stage 3B or 4 NSLC or extensive stage SCLC and is within one month of treatment initiation * Patient is spending more than 50% of time out of bed on a daily basis, as measured by an ECOG Performance Status rating of level 0, 1, or 2 * Patient has a spouse/partner other or close family member who he/she defines as the primary caregiver * Patient and caregiver \> 18 years * Patient/caregiver has the ability to read and understand English at a sixth grade level, as determined by his/her ability to understand the consent form * Patient/caregiver can provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with diminished mental capacity * Prisoners * Children * Pregnant Women * Fetuses
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDRangel ML, Milbury K, Kayser K, Ripley RT, Kvale E, Badr H. Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of CareSTEPS: A Supportive Care Intervention for the Family Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. JTO Clin Res Rep. 2024 Oct 17;5(12):100736. doi: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2024.100736. eCollection 2024 Dec. PMID 39583146