Status:
COMPLETED
Symptom Clusters in Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers- a Longitudinal Study
Lead Sponsor:
Oslo University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of California, San Francisco
Conditions:
Cancer
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The complexity of cancer patients' symptoms and health problems constitutes considerable distress and burden for patients and their family caregivers. To help them manage the illness effectively, ther...
Detailed Description
The specific aims of the study, where we will follow 500 cancer patients and their caregivers with repeated measures over 6 months, are to: 1. Explore cancer patients' symptoms, symptom clusters and ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for patients are:
- diagnosed with breast, colon, head and neck or ovarian cancer
- receiving active treatment for their cancer (chemo- or radiation therapy)
- above 18 years of age
- able to read / write /speak Norwegian.
- Inclusion criteria for caregivers:
- above 18 years
- read and speak Norwegian
- and written informed consent.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- patients who had received radiation on the brain as this may affect their abilities to reliably complete questionnaires.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
570 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00769301
Start Date
November 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
August 7 2018
Active Locations (3)
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1
Sykehuset Østfold
Fredrikstad, Norway, 1603
2
Oslo University Hopsital, Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Norway, 0027
3
Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Norway, 0027