Status:
COMPLETED
Multimedia Training for Family Caregivers in Use of Touch and Massage in Supportive Cancer Care
Lead Sponsor:
Collinge and Associates, Inc.
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-120 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: A multimedia education program for family caregivers that teaches simple methods of touch and massage for the comfort of cancer patients at home may be effective in lowering stress, reducin...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Produce a multimedia program to deliver instructional content in massage for cancer patients and their lay care partners. * Determine the effects of the multimedia program on c...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Cancer patient and their care partner with any of the following characteristics:
- African American
- Asian
- Hispanic or Latino
- Caucasian
- Intimate relationship
- Parent/adult child relationship
- Same-sex couple relationship
- Male or female
- Patient must have undergone conventional cancer treatment within the past 6 months
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Speaks, reads, and writes English, Spanish, or Chinese (care partner)
- Speaks, reads, and writes English, Spanish, or Chinese (patient)
- No contraindication, such as serious mental illness or physical inability, that would preclude study participation (patient or care partner)
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
228 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00632398
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
September 1 2009
Last Update
December 15 2015
Active Locations (3)
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1
Collinge and Associates
Kittery, Maine, United States, 03904
2
Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
3
Latin American Health Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02116