NCT02603367

COMFORT Caregiver Intervention in Improving Communication and Reducing Distress in Caregivers of Patients With Lung Cancer

The COMFORT Caregiver Intervention (CCI)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies the COMFORT (C-Communication, O-Orientation and opportunity, M-Mindful presence, F-Family, O-Openings, R-Relating, and T-Team) caregiver intervention in improving communication and reducing distress in caregivers of patients with lung cancer. Caregivers of patients with cancer may experience stress and anxiety due to difficulty communicating with family, friends, and healthcare providers, or feeling unable to communicate openly. A communication intervention that improves the caregiver's ability to communicate with patients and healthcare providers may help reduce caregivers' psychological distress and improve the health outcomes of patients.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the feasibility of the COMFORT Caregiver Intervention (CCI) for family caregivers. II. To explore common family caregiver communication concerns in oncology and their impact. III. Estimate the effects of the CCI on family caregivers' psychological distress (primary outcome) and caregiver confidence with communication (secondary outcome). OUTLINE: Participants receive the printed communication tool "A Communication Guide for Caregivers," a guide developed from the COMFORT communication curriculum, a national training program for palliative care communication. After a 1 week period to review the material, participants undergo communication coaching with a research nurse by phone over approximately 1 hour. After completion of the study, caregivers are followed up at 1 month to complete questionnaires and rate their satisfaction with the intervention.

Conditions

• Caregiver

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Communication Intervention	Undergo communication coaching
OTHER	Educational Intervention	Receive COMFORT communication curriculum
OTHER	Psychosocial Support for Caregiver	Undergo communication coaching
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Complete questionnaires

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-24
• Primary completion: 2017-08-10
• Completion: 2017-08-10
• First posted: 2015-11-11
• Last updated: 2017-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States