Status:
COMPLETED
Quality of Life of Older Patients Who Are Undergoing Treatment for Cancer and of Their Family Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Studying quality-of-life in patients having cancer treatment and in their caregivers may help identify the intermediate- and long-term effects of treatment on patients with cancer and on th...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Obtain quality of life and psychosocial data from older patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and from their family caregivers. OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional stu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Patient:
- Confirmed diagnosis of any type of cancer
- Undergoing cancer treatment at Ireland Cancer Center
- Caregiver:
- Identified family caregiver of a patient diagnosed with cancer
- Patient and caregiver may participate regardless of whether the other person agrees to participate or not
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Performance status
- ECOG 0-3 (patient)
- Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Hematopoietic
- Not specified
- Hepatic
- Not specified
- Renal
- Not specified
- Other
- Able to speak and comprehend English
- Cognitively competent to be interviewed (patient)
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2005
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
863 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00255697
Start Date
July 1 2005
End Date
December 1 2012
Last Update
October 9 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-5065