Status:

TERMINATED

A Supportive Care Intervention for Older Caregivers of Older Adults with Advanced Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

University of Rochester

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This project assesses the feasibility of utilizing the geriatric assessment as a tool to identify distressed older caregivers of older adults with cancer. The investigator will engage key stakeholders...

Detailed Description

Older caregivers of older adults with cancer (described here-on as "older caregivers") are at high risk for increased burden and negative physical and psychological outcomes. Despite this, identificat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient Inclusion Criteria
  • Patient and caregiver be aged 65 or older
  • Patient with a diagnosis of solid tumor malignancy or lymphoma, any stage
  • Patients who have initiated a new line of treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy) OR are being considered for new line of treatment (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted therapy).
  • Patients and caregivers must be able to provide informed consent, or if it is determined that they do not have decision-making capacity, a patient-designated health care proxy must sign consent per institutional University of Rochester and Research Subject Review Board policies on consent for incapacitated/decisionally impaired subjects.
  • Patient Exclusion Criteria
  • Patient or caregiver is less than 65 years of age
  • Patient and caregivers who do not have decision-making capacity (decisionally or cognitively impaired) AND do NOT have a previously designated health care proxy available to sign consent.
  • Caregiver Inclusion Criteria
  • Caregivers enrolled in phase I
  • Patient and caregiver have completed a GA
  • Caregiver Exclusion Criteria
  • • Patient and caregiver have not completed a GA
  • Stakeholder Inclusion Criteria
  • Member of SCOREboard Community Advisory Board
  • Aged 65 years or older
  • Has been a family member, partner, friend or caregiver to an older adult with cancer
  • Stakeholder Exclusion Criteria • None
  • Geriatric Oncology Expert Inclusion Criteria
  • Members of the Cancer and Aging Research Group
  • Primary care physicians who care for older adults
  • Geriatric Oncology Expert Exclusion Criteria
  • • None

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 7 2021

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 11 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    73 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05244915

    Start Date

    December 7 2021

    End Date

    August 11 2023

    Last Update

    January 6 2025

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    University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, United States, 14642