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A Comparison of Healthcare Provider and Caregiver Perception of Discomfort in Advanced Cancer Patients Who Have a Hypoactive Delirium
Led by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Updated on 2026-03-04
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
196 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To learn about your feelings as a caregiver about the level of discomfort of patients who have hypoactive delirium (loss of contact and response to reality) and who are at the end of life
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Comparison of Healthcare Provider and Caregiver Perception of Discomfort in Advanced Cancer Patients Who Have a Hypoactive Delirium
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients with advanced cancer, including locally invasive, metastatic, recurrent cancer, or hematologic malignancies
- Patients admitted to the acute palliative care unit at MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Patients unable to respond to questioning in the past 24 hours as determined by medical staff
- Patients considered actively dying, likely to die during admission and not regain consciousness, based on specific physical exam signs
- Patients with an unpaid adult caregiver at bedside age 18 years or older, willing and able to provide informed consent, and present at bedside for at least 3 hours a day
- Unpaid adult caregivers age 18 years or older, able to speak and read English, willing and able to provide informed consent, and present at bedside for at least 3 hours a day
- Nursing providers in the acute palliative care unit providing direct patient care to eligible patients
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients with hyperactive or mixed delirium involving high arousal or agitation with unresponsiveness
- Family members or caregivers who cannot provide informed consent or cannot speak and read English
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
M D Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
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Research Team
M
Michael Tang, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
1
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