Peer Caregiver Navigation for Family Caregivers in Oncology

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Metastatic Cancer; Caregiver Burden

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05455216

KL2TR002346 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

202206153

Details and patient eligibility

About

This clinical trial assesses the feasibility and acceptability of the psychosocial intervention peer caregiver navigation (PCN) in an outpatient oncology setting. PCN is a peer mentoring service designed to help family caregivers navigate and mitigate the distress of caregiving by enhancing and promoting the emotional and behavioral coping efforts of the caregiver.

Full description

This study will provide data to inform future efficacy testing and implementation of psychosocial interventions for family caregivers, and may advance health equity by enhancing the ability to scale-up supportive care interventions for family caregivers, especially those in geographically underserved areas.

Enrollment: 62 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria for Family Caregivers:

Must be 18 years of age or older. Must serve as the unpaid family caregiver of an adult patient with a recent diagnosis (< 3 months) of an advanced solid tumor with overt metastases with a prognosis of ≤ 1 year. As is common in caregiving research, we will define "family caregiver" as anyone substantially involved in a patient's care on an unpaid basis; a legal or biological relationship will not be required. Able to understand and willing to provide verbal consent.

Eligibility Criteria for Key Stakeholders:

Must be 18 years of age or older. Employed by/affiliated with Siteman Cancer Center OR a former peer caregiver navigator. Must consent to participate.