Status:
COMPLETED
Patient-caregiver Communication Intervention for Prognostic Understanding
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Advanced Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to: (1) develop a communication-based intervention to improve advanced cancer patients' and caregivers' prognostic understanding using communication strategies (e.g., ackn...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient
- Diagnosis of poor prognosis advanced cancer defined as locally advanced or metastatic cancer (e.g., pancreaticobiliary, esophagogastric, hepatocellular carcinoma, lung, or gynecological cancer) and/or disease progression following at least first line chemotherapy.
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Identification of an informal caregiver
- Oncologist reported discussion of prognosis with the patient and/or caregiver.
- Patient
Exclusion
- Not fluent in English
- Severely cognitively impaired (as measured by Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire scores of \< 6)
- Too ill or weak to complete the interviews (as judged by the interviewer)
- Currently receiving palliative care/hospice at the time of enrollment
- Children and young adults under age 18
- Deemed inappropriate for the study by their treating oncologist.
- In addition, patient-caregiver dyads in which both members have an accurate understanding of prognosis (terminal status and life-expectancy) will be excluded due to the lack of need for an intervention.
- Caregiver inclusion criteria:
- The person (family member or friend) whom the patient indicates provides their informal (unpaid) care
- English speaking
- Able to provide informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 20 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 18 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03833817
Start Date
September 20 2020
End Date
January 18 2022
Last Update
January 31 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10065