Care For The Cancer Caregiver: A Meaning-Based Workshop To Help Manage Caregiver Burden

NCT ID: NCT02250911

Last Updated: 2018-08-10

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

88 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-09-30

Study Completion Date

2018-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to gather information on how easy it is to implement the workshop, as well as whether individuals find this workshop helpful. In this study, participants will be assigned at random to one of the two study groups. Based on the information we obtain, we hope to develop an easily accessible support service for caregivers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Caregivers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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This web-based CCC Workshop

The Care for the Cancer Caregivers (CCC) workshop is composed of six webcasts. The Introductory Webcast is based upon Sessions 1 and 2 of Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP-C) and provides participants with an introduction to the CCC Workshop, an overview of the different meaning-centered modules (i.e., legacy, choice, creativity, and connectedness), and a discussion about identity and how caregivers' identities have or have not changed since taking on this role.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

webcasts

Intervention Type OTHER

Assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Control

Participants randomized to the waitlist control arm will be offered what is considered "usual care" at the ACS: the provision of the ACS Telephone Hotline number (1-800- 227-2345) and direction to the ACS website (www.cancer.org) where participants can find many resources for caregivers, including links to the ACS Caregiver ToolKit. They will complete assessments at time points that correspond with the completion of assessments in the CCC Workshop arm: after consent as soon as they are able (T1), about 2 months (± 4 weeks) after T1 (T2), and about 2-3 months after T2 (T3). Upon completion of all study assessments the waitlist control arm participants will be offered the opportunity to complete the CCC Workshop.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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webcasts

Intervention Type OTHER

Assessments

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* As per self report, a current caregiver to a patient with any site or stage of cancer
* Age 18 or over
* A score of \> 4 on the Distress Thermometer (DT) and indication that this distress is related in some way to the caregiving role
* In the judgment of the investigators and/or consenting professional, able to comprehend English to complete study assessments
* Able to perform informed consent
* Enrollment is open to caregivers with their own current/past cancer histories

Exclusion Criteria

* Significant psychiatric or cognitive disturbance sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude providing informed consent.
* As per self report, unable to access a computer with Internet or unable to use a computer with Internet provided by the study
* Participated in the development and refinement of the CCC Workshop (prospective exemption X14-006)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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American Cancer Society, Inc.

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Allison Applebaum, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Locations

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mskcc.org/

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Other Identifiers

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14-208

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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