Electronic Social Network Assessment Program (eSNAP) + Caregiver Navigator

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Brain Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Caregiver Navigator; Behavioral: eSNAP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04268979

MCC 19731

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine if family caregivers of neuro-oncology patients feel less burdened by utilizing the Electronic Social Network Assessment Program (eSNAP) + the Caregiver Navigator.

Enrollment: 296 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking/reading/writing
• Able to complete questionnaires (including by proxy)
• Family Caregivers (FCGs) must self-identify as being a primary FCG of a patient with a primary brain tumor, secondary (metastatic) brain tumor, or leptomeningeal disease diagnosis. A primary caregiver is a family member, friend, or other unpaid person who provides at least some care for a patient at home.
• Patients must be diagnosed with new or recurrent primary brain tumor, a secondary (metastatic) brain tumor or leptominingeal disease within the last 9 months, receiving at least some evaluation and/or care at Moffitt (i.e. at least one appointment), have a prognosis of at least 9 months

Exclusion criteria

• Patients may not participate without a consenting FCG, but FCGs may participate without a consenting patient
• Patients and FCGs who are experiencing acute distress will be excluded from enrollment and referred directly to social work, per Moffitt policy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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296 participants in 2 patient groups

eSNAP & Caregiver Navigator

Experimental group

Description:

eSNAP intervention plus questionnaires

Treatment:

Behavioral: eSNAP

Behavioral: Caregiver Navigator

Waitlist Control Condition

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomly assigned to the waitlist control condition will only complete questionnaires during the 8-week study period. After the 8 weeks, they will then have access to the eSNAP, including completion of questionnaires and 8 weeks of Caregiver Navigator sessions as needed.