Advancing Nursing Practices in Hospital Oncology Care

NCT ID: NCT05053191

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

84 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-03

Study Completion Date

2026-09-03

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to find out if a new training program for nurses called PACT (Partnership, Assessment, Care, and Transition) will be effective and relevant in helping nurses gain the skills needed to provide high-quality family-centered care. Family-centered care skills include engaging family caregivers as partners in patient care, and strengthening their capacity for caregiving by assessing family support needs and facilitating access to resources when needed. The study will also look at whether the quality of nurses' family-centered care skills is associated with improved outcomes for family caregivers. Both nurses and family caregivers will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be nurses/caregivers who care for advanced GI cancer patients admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Gastrointestinal Cancer Gastrointestinal Disease Nurse's Role

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Nurses

MSKCC day-shift nurses (Clinical Nurse I to IV) assigned to the GI inpatient unit (MH16) at the time of study, all of whom provide initial and ongoing assessment of patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and informational needs

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Partnership, Assessment, Care and Transition training intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Partnership, Assessment, Care and Transition to psychosocial resources. Nurses who participate in PACT will receive 8 hours of training in a single, full-day workshop. We will train nurses in clusters of 10-12 nurses at one time, which will allow for cross-coverage with minimal disruption to workflow, and provide a more intimate, small-group learning environment.

Interventions

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Partnership, Assessment, Care and Transition training intervention

Partnership, Assessment, Care and Transition to psychosocial resources. Nurses who participate in PACT will receive 8 hours of training in a single, full-day workshop. We will train nurses in clusters of 10-12 nurses at one time, which will allow for cross-coverage with minimal disruption to workflow, and provide a more intimate, small-group learning environment.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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PACT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Nurses:

* MSKCC day-shift nurses and/or night-shift nurses (Clinical Nurse I to IV) assigned to the GI inpatient unit (M16) at the time of study, all of whom provide initial and ongoing assessment of patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and informational needs
* Nurse is comfortable speaking and reading English as per self report

Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b:

* Adult (≥18 yrs) family caregiver (family caregiver is defined here as any informal caregiver who is a relative, friend or legal representative) who self-identifies and/or is identified by the nursing staff as involved in the care of an MSK cancer patient who either:

* is currently admitted to the M16 unity for at least 12 hours OR
* has been discharged from the M16 unit within the last 2 weeks
* English-speaking as per self-report
* Only one FC per patient case will be invited to participate.

M16 Patients (chart review only):

* Adult (≥18 yrs) cancer patient who is currently admitted in the M16 unit at Memorial Hospital for at least 12 hours o English speaking as per self-report

Exclusion Criteria

Nurses:

* Nurse plans to leave MSK or the GI unit within 3 months as per self-report
* \[Phases 2-4\] Nurse refuses observation of consultations as per self-report

Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b:

* FC's patient is deceased at time of consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Talia Zaider, 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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20-448

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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