Family Caregivers in Underserved Populations Providing Complex Cancer Care

City of Hope

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stage IIIB Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IIIA Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm

Stage III Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IA2 Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IVB Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IB Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IIIC Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IA3 Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IV Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IA1 Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage I Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IVA Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IIB Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage 0 Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IIA Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Stage II Lung Cancer AJCC v8

Treatments

Other: Questionnaire Administration

Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment

Other: Educational Intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT05213078

NCI-2020-11090 (Registry Identifier)

P30CA033572 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

20137

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial develops and tests a model of family caregiver education focused on the role of underserved family caregivers as providers of complex care in the home. Cancer patients have symptoms from their cancer or treatment and are then supported by family caregivers at home with tasks requiring technical skill. Family caregivers are often asked to provide complex care whether it involves decisions about managing symptoms or providing technical care for ports/pumps, tubes, or devices. Family caregivers often are not given enough information on how to provide care for patients at home needing complex care. The results from this study may help researchers refine and improve the intervention for caregivers through future research for caregivers on a much larger scale.

Full description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Develop methods of assessing and supporting family caregiving skills in providing complex care.

II. Develop family caregiver (FCG) teaching materials and methods of instruction to enhance skills preparedness.

III. Pilot test the intervention in a cohort of underserved FCGs.

OUTLINE:

Participants attend 2 teaching sessions with a research nurse. Participants also complete questionnaires at baseline, 3, and 7 weeks.

Enrollment

48 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

PATIENT: Diagnosis of any stage lung or gynecologic (gyn) cancer
PATIENT: Read and understand English
PATIENT: Requires either complex physical care or complex decision making regarding symptoms
PATIENT: Age 18 years or older
FCG: Designated by the patient as their caregiver
FCG: Read and understand English
FCG: Age 18 years or older
FCG: Providing complex care and/or complex decision-making

Exclusion criteria