NCT02334332

Educational Brochure in Preparing Patients With Gastric Cancer and Their Caregivers for Recovery After Surgery

Pilot Study of an Educational Brochure to Prepare Patients and Informal Caregivers for Recovery Following Gastrectomy

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies an educational brochure in preparing patients with gastric cancer and their caregivers for recovery after surgery. Giving an educational brochure may help prepare patients and their caregivers by improving knowledge about symptoms after surgery. It may also improve quality of life and reduce worry after surgery.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To pilot test an educational intervention in the form of a teaching brochure to prepare patients and informal caregivers for recovery following partial or total gastrectomy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To describe preliminary effect of the intervention on patient-reported outcomes (PROs), informal caregiver-reported outcomes, and clinical/system outcomes. OUTLINE: Participants are enrolled sequentially to 1 of 2 cohorts. COHORT I: Participants receive standard post-operative care. COHORT II: Participants receive a 2-page educational brochure after surgery and prior to discharge home. After completion of study, participants are followed up for approximately 2 months.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Gastric Carcinoma
• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Educational Intervention	Receive educational brochure
PROCEDURE	Standard Follow-Up Care	Receive standard post-operative care
PROCEDURE	Quality-of-Life Assessment	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2015-09-01
• First posted: 2015-01-08
• Last updated: 2015-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States