NCT06782581

CARE Study: Cancer, Asian Americans, and Relationship Enrichment

Positive Activities for Asian American Cancer Patients and Caregivers

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 186 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fox Chase Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overarching goal of the current study is to reduce the burden Asian American patients may feel are on their caregivers by designing and testing the feasibility and efficacy of a positive activity intervention designed to increase a sense of autonomy, competence, and connectedness, each of which have been shown to be associated with psychological benefits according to self-determination theory.

Detailed description

This study will introduce two new positive activities, household contribution and outside contribution, which have been specifically created for AA cancer patients and have not been previously investigated. These interventions have been developed with consideration of culture-related challenges, Hofstede's concept of collectivist cultures, and self-determination theory. This study will be the first randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of these new positive activities on Asian-American cancer patients.

Conditions

• Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Contribution to Caregivers Well-Being	Contribute to caregiver's well-being via household tasks.
BEHAVIORAL	Control	factually describe either (1) immediate environment, (2) the weather, or (3) organization of closet

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-06
• Primary completion: 2027-01-15
• Completion: 2027-02-15
• First posted: 2025-01-20
• Last updated: 2025-12-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States