Status:
TERMINATED
A Supportive Care Intervention for Older Caregivers of Older Adults with Advanced Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
University of Rochester
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This project assesses the feasibility of utilizing the geriatric assessment as a tool to identify distressed older caregivers of older adults with cancer. The investigator will engage key stakeholders...
Detailed Description
Older caregivers of older adults with cancer (described here-on as "older caregivers") are at high risk for increased burden and negative physical and psychological outcomes. Despite this, identificat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient Inclusion Criteria
- Patient and caregiver be aged 65 or older
- Patient with a diagnosis of solid tumor malignancy or lymphoma, any stage
- Patients who have initiated a new line of treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy) OR are being considered for new line of treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy).
- Patients and caregivers must be able to provide informed consent, or if it is determined that they do not have decision-making capacity, a patient-designated health care proxy must sign consent per institutional University of Rochester and Research Subject Review Board policies on consent for incapacitated/decisionally impaired subjects.
- Patient Exclusion Criteria
- Patient or caregiver is less than 65 years of age
- Patient and caregivers who do not have decision-making capacity (decisionally or cognitively impaired) AND do NOT have a previously designated health care proxy available to sign consent.
- Caregiver Inclusion Criteria
- Caregivers enrolled in phase I
- Patient and caregiver have completed a GA
- Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
- • Patient and caregiver have not completed a GA
- Stakeholder Inclusion Criteria
- Member of SCOREboard Community Advisory Board
- Aged 65 years or older
- Has been a family member, partner, friend or caregiver to an older adult with cancer
- Stakeholder Exclusion Criteria • None
- Geriatric Oncology Expert Inclusion Criteria
- Members of the Cancer and Aging Research Group
- Primary care physicians who care for older adults
- Geriatric Oncology Expert Exclusion Criteria
- • None
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 7 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 11 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
73 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05244915
Start Date
December 7 2021
End Date
August 11 2023
Last Update
January 6 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, United States, 14642