Clinical trial · Interventional
Family Caregivers in Underserved Populations Providing Complex Cancer Care
- 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)
This clinical trial develops and tests a model of family caregiver education focused on the role of underserved family caregivers as providers of complex care in the home. Cancer patients have symptoms from their cancer or treatment and are then supported by family caregivers at home with tasks requiring technical skill. Family caregivers are often asked to provide complex care whether it involves decisions about managing symptoms or providing technical care for ports/pumps, tubes, or devices. Family caregivers often are not given enough information on how to provide care for patients at home needing complex care. The results from this study may help researchers refine and improve the intervention for caregivers through future research for caregivers on a much larger scale.
Conditions
Conditions (17)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm | Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Stage 0 Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IA1 Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IA2 Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IA3 Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IB Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage IIA Lung Cancer AJCC v8 | Malignant Lung Neoplasm |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive Care (teaching intervention, questionnaire)
- description
- Participants attend 2 teaching sessions with a research nurse. Participants also complete questionnaires at baseline, 3, and 7 weeks.
- interventionNames
- Other: Educational Intervention
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Change in Family caregiver distress scale
- timeFrame
- up to 7 weeks
- description
- Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize the distress scale. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) will be used to compare scores at the three points of baseline, 3 weeks, and 7 weeks.
- measure
- Change in Quality of life (QOL) scale
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * PATIENT: Diagnosis of any stage lung or gynecologic (gyn) cancer * PATIENT: Read and understand English * PATIENT: Requires either complex physical care or complex decision making regarding symptoms * PATIENT: Age 18 years or older * FCG: Designated by the patient as their caregiver * FCG: Read and understand English * FCG: Age 18 years or older * FCG: Providing complex care and/or complex decision-making Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to read and understand English
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