Clinical trial · Observational
Descriptors and Predictors of Burden and Information Needs
Descriptors and Predictors of Burden and Information Needs on Symptom Self-management in Thai Patients With Lung Cancer and Their Family Caregivers During Palliative Radiotherapy
- 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 over time patients' symptom burden, caregiving burden, and patients and caregivers' need for information on patient symptom self-management at home during palliative radiotherapy(RT) for lung cancer. Repeatedly assessing burden and information needs on symptom self-management at home can help healthcare professionals to design a bespoke service and plan of care for both patients and family caregivers. In addition, I will explore psycho-social and clinical predictors of burden and information needs in patients and caregivers. These predictors can help health professionals to identify patients and caregivers at risk for distress during palliative radiotherapy for lung cancer.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Symptoms | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| questionnaires | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- patients
- description
- People diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and scheduled to receive palliative RT will be invited to participate between 1st July 2019 and 31st January 2020.
- interventionNames
- Other: questionnaires
- label
- care giver
- description
- Patients' family caregivers will also be invited to participate
- interventionNames
- Other: questionnaires
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Changes of symptom experiences
- timeFrame
- These four time points will be the following: before first fraction of RT, 1st week of RT (1st-5th faction), 2nd week of RT (6th-10th fraction) and 1 month after the last fraction of RT.
- description
- Measure by the Thai version of modified version of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria:• Inclusion criteria for patients: * Histological diagnosis of Lung cancer with stage III-IV(TNM) * Age: 18 years or over * Planning for palliative RT * Scheduled to receive up to 10 fractions of palliative radiotherapy (Stevens, Macbeth, Toy, Coles, \& Lester, 2015) • Exclusion criteria for patients: * Non-English, Non-Thai speaking * Diagnosis of severe cognitive or mental illness that affects communication Patients' family caregivers will also be invited to participate as per below: * Inclusion criteria for caregivers: * Family member of the care recipient can be spouse, child, parent, friend etc. * Age: 18 years or over * Only one family member if the patient presents with more than one. * Same person in every time point * Exclusion criteria for caregivers: * Non-English, Non-Thai speaking
References
Publications (25)
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