NCT02412124

Peer-to-Peer Support Program in Improving Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer and Their Caregivers

Quality of Life Outcomes From a Peer-to-Peer Support Program for Women With Gynecologic Cancer

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 3 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies a peer-to-peer support program in improving quality of life outcomes in patients with gynecologic cancer and their caregivers. Peer-to-peer support and mentoring may help improve quality of life and reduce symptoms of distress in gynecologic cancer patients and their families.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To test the feasibility and acceptability of a Woman-to-Woman (W2W) program for patients with gynecologic cancer at City of Hope (COH). Address the following descriptive research questions: were patients, mentors, and patients' family caregivers satisfied with the timing, format, and content of the program? Did the program benefit patients, mentors, and patients' family caregivers? OUTLINE: Patients participate in the W2W program for which they are matched with a trained mentor and followed throughout treatment by phone, email, and/or in person. After completion of study, patients are followed up at 6 and 12 months.

Conditions

• Cervical Carcinoma
• Ovarian Carcinoma
• Uterine Corpus Cancer
• Vaginal Carcinoma
• Vulvar Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Supportive Care	Complete W2W mentoring program
OTHER	Quality-of-Life Assessment	Complete the FACT-G
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Complete the W2W Patient Survey

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-04-01
• Completion: 2018-04-01
• First posted: 2015-04-08
• Last updated: 2018-05-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States