Status:
WITHDRAWN
Perceptions of Burden in Patients With Late-Stage Cancer and Their Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Conditions:
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about patients' sense of being a burden on their caregiver, and caregivers' sense of burden on themselves, may help doctors learn more about the desire to di...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * To measure psychosocial correlates of desire for hastened death (DHD) and change in DHD in patients with late-stage cancer by examining the relationship among a patient's perce...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Meets 1 of the following criteria
- Patient with a diagnosis of cancer
- Confirmed late-stage disease refractory to standard primary therapy
- Reside with a non-paid primary caregiver
- Receiving care at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Caregiver
- Must be at least 18 years old
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Life expectancy ≥ 4 months
- No documented or observable cognitive (e.g., dementia) or psychiatric (e.g., psychosis) problems that would interfere with study participation
- Able to read and write English (patient and caregiver)
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- Not specified
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00770419
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
February 1 2010
Last Update
May 29 2015
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