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