CareSTEPS: A Supportive Care Program for the Caregivers of Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
The CareSTEPS intervention fills an important service gap by providing education, skills training, and support to the caregivers of advanced lung cancer patients on active treatment. The home-based delivery format will facilitate future dissemination and outreach. By empowering families with the skills they need to provide care and meet the challenges of lung cancer, this intervention holds great promise for improving caregiver quality of life (QOL), patient QOL, and the quality of palliative and supportive care services offered to patients with advanced cancer and their families.
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Checked against the public recordLast updated Apr 22, 2024 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
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Interventional
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Study sponsor
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Interventions being studied
- Behavioral: CareSTEPS
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
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- Patient has stage 3B or 4 NSLC or extensive stage SCLC and is within one month of treatment initiation
- Patient is spending more than 50% of time out of bed on a daily basis, as measured by an ECOG Performance Status rating of level 0, 1, or 2
- Patient has a spouse/partner other or close family member who he/she defines as the primary caregiver
- Patient and caregiver \> 18 years
- Patient/caregiver has the ability to read and understand English at a sixth grade level, as determined by his/her ability to understand the consent form
- Patient/caregiver can provide informed consent
- Individuals with diminished mental capacity
- Prisoners
- Children
- Pregnant Women
- Fetuses
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Baylor College of MedicineHouston, Texas
Source and freshness
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