Caregiver Outlook: An Intervention to Improve Caregiving in Serious Illness

Study summary

Informal caregivers provide a majority of care for patients during serious illness. Lack of preparation and completion may leave caregivers less capable of caring for a loved one or making crucial decisions influencing care. This study will examine whether a preparation and completion intervention reduces caregiver anxiety, depression, anticipatory grief, and burden and improves patient quality of life and health care use.

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Key things to know

Main goalSupportive Care

This describes the study’s primary purpose.

What is being studiedPreparation and life completion and Attention Control

The study team can explain what participation involves.

Who it may be forHeart Failure · Pulmonary Disease

These are broad labels—not an eligibility decision.

Checked against the public recordLast updated Apr 17, 2017 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov

Is enrollment open?Completed

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What kind of study?Not applicable

Interventional

Where is it offered?1 U.S. location

Locations may change over time.

Who runs it?VA Office of Research and Development

Study sponsor

Study overview

What this study is about

Purpose: Supportive Care
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Not applicable
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Interventions being studied: Other: Preparation and life completion; Other: Attention Control

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How this study is categorized

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Study topics

Survivorship and quality of life→

Public criteria

Who may be able to participate

The sponsor separates these requirements into two groups. You do not need to interpret them alone—use them to guide a conversation with the study team.

Requirements people may need to meetInclusion criteria

Patients with advanced cancer/Congestive heart failure/COPD/End stage renal disease who have a primary caregiver. Caregivers of Durham VAMC patients with advanced disease.

Reasons someone may not be able to joinExclusion criteria

No caregiver present.
Caregiver with Cognitive impairment/inability to speak on phone/non-English speaking

Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.

Study sites

U.S. locations

Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NCDurham, North Carolina

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