Caregiver Support in the Coping of Patients Who Are Undergoing a Donor Bone Marrow Transplant

Completed

• Conditions: Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment; Lymphoma; Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm; Myelodysplastic Syndromes; Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Diseases; Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders; Leukemia

• Registration Number: NCT00281814
• Lead Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Questionnaires that measure coping may improve the ability to plan supportive care for patients undergoing donor bone marrow transplant.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying coping in patients who are undergoing a donor bone marrow transplant.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Investigate the relative importance of having a consistent inpatient lay care-partner for patients undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, in terms of the effects on modes of adjustment to illness and survival.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo a 40-minute recorded oral interview in person to provide personal and social demographic data using a 20-item questionnaire (The Adjustment to Illness Questionnaire-Bone Marrow Transplantation) at baseline (pre-transplant) and at day 100 post-transplant.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 40 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2006-01-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-01-24
• Study First Posted: 2006-01-25
• Study Start: 2006-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2008-12-31
• Study Completion: 2017-01-04
• Status Verified: 2018-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-01-25
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compare modes of illness adjustment, presence or absence of an inpatient lay care-partner, and survival rates	Through 100 days post transplant

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Cleveland, Ohio, United States