Palliative Care Teaching Sessions for Family Caregivers of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Palliative care teaching sessions may be more effective than standard care in improving caregiver burden, caregiver skills preparedness, quality of life, and distress in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the effects of palliative care teaching sessions in family caregivers of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Aug 2, 2016 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
- Interventions being studied
- Other: educational intervention; Other: questionnaire administration; Procedure: end-of-life treatment/management; Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care; Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
Inclusion Criteria: * The primary family caregiver as identified by a patient with early or late stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) participating in Project 1 and 2 * Patients having been accrued to project 1 or project 2
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterDuarte, California
Source and freshness
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