Status:
COMPLETED
Descriptors and Predictors of Burden and Information Needs
Lead Sponsor:
Chulabhorn Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Glasgow
Conditions:
Advanced Lung Cancer
Symptoms
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
the purpose of this study is to investigate over time patients' symptom burden, caregiving burden, and patients and caregivers' need for information on patient symptom self-management at home during p...
Detailed Description
Eligible patients will be invited to take part in the study via a patient information sheet. They will also be asked to nominate their primary caregiver, who will also be invited to take part in the s...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:• Inclusion criteria for patients:
- Histological diagnosis of Lung cancer with stage III-IV(TNM)
- Age: 18 years or over
- Planning for palliative RT
- Scheduled to receive up to 10 fractions of palliative radiotherapy (Stevens, Macbeth, Toy, Coles, \& Lester, 2015)
- • Exclusion criteria for patients:
- Non-English, Non-Thai speaking
- Diagnosis of severe cognitive or mental illness that affects communication
- Patients' family caregivers will also be invited to participate as per below:
- Inclusion criteria for caregivers:
- Family member of the care recipient can be spouse, child, parent, friend etc.
- Age: 18 years or over
- Only one family member if the patient presents with more than one.
- Same person in every time point
- Exclusion criteria for caregivers:
- Non-English, Non-Thai speaking
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 29 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
112 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04069494
Start Date
October 1 2019
End Date
February 29 2020
Last Update
July 17 2020
Active Locations (1)
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ChulaBhorn Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand, 10210