NCT03210727

CAREgiver Study for Patients Undergoing HSCT

A Mixed Methods Descriptive Study Exploring the Needs and Preferences of Caregivers of Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will use a single arm design and deliver a new supportive intervention entitled, "Ready to Connect, Actively Relax and Exercise (CARE)." The purpose of the study is to describe the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of the Ready to CARE intervention. Effectiveness outcomes include caregiver self-efficacy, distress, and coping style, and patient quality of life, symptom burden, and healthcare utilization.

Detailed description

During the first phase of this study, the investigators enrolled caregivers of patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) into a descriptive study. The investigators used quantitative and qualitative measures to describe the caregivers self-efficacy, distress, and coping style, and solicit their opinions about how to improve our supportive care for caregivers. Informed by those data, the investigators now will study the effectiveness of the supportive intervention. The long-term goal of this research is to develop a pragmatic, replicable intervention that supports caregivers and promotes the health and well-being of the caregiver-HSCT patient dyad.

Conditions

• Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Ready to CARE program	The intervention is built upon a model of caregiver well-being that identifies four domains of quality of life: physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being. For each domain, there are stressors (i.e., factors that make it hard to be a caregiver) and buffers (i.e., factors that help people be effective caregivers). Our Ready to CARE intervention begins by presenting caregivers with the model in order to generate a profile of personal stressors and buffers. From there, caregivers select from a "menu" of strategies that can be used to minimize stressors and create buffers in their daily life. The investigators will have six 45-minute sessions with the caregivers that will primarily occur while the patient is admitted for stem cell reinfusion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-07-25
• Primary completion: 2018-08-29
• Completion: 2018-08-29
• First posted: 2017-07-07
• Last updated: 2018-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States