NCT00255697

Quality of Life of Older Patients Who Are Undergoing Treatment for Cancer and of Their Family Caregivers

Quality of Life Study Registry for Persons With Cancer and Family Caregivers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 863 (actual)
• Sponsor: Case Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Studying quality-of-life in patients having cancer treatment and in their caregivers may help identify the intermediate- and long-term effects of treatment on patients with cancer and on their caregivers. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying quality of life of older patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and of their family caregivers.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Obtain quality of life and psychosocial data from older patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and from their family caregivers. OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional study. Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to 30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS, at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying (QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified

Conditions

• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
• Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care	Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to 30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS, at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying (QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death.
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment	Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to 30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS, at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying (QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-07-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2005-11-21
• Last updated: 2015-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States