Quality of Life Intervention for Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Advanced Cancer Treatment and Their Caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Quality of Life; Advanced Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: Quality of life counseling; Other: Video-conference quality of life counseling

• Registration Number: NCT03094780
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

This study will use video technology in conjunction with in-person participation. This is a pilot project, where all enrolled participants will receive the multidisciplinary intervention. Participants (patients and caregivers) from Mayo Clinic Rochester will attend an in-person group session, and participants (patients and caregivers) from Mayo Clinic Florida or Northfield Mayo Clinic Radiation Oncology Center will participate through the use of video conferencing. The goals are to examine feasibility (percent of eligible patients and caregivers who enroll), attrition, and adherence (attend at least four of the six sessions), to determine any differences between the two formats, and to examine potential QOL differences as a result of the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-07
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-29
• Primary Completion: 2018-12
• Study Completion: 2019-02-21
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-10-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age.
• Ability to attend all treatment sessions and follow-up.
• Ability to provide written informed consent.
• Ability to participate in all aspects of the study.
• Initial diagnosis of cancer must have been 12 months prior to study entry.
• Intermediate to poor prognosis, defined as an expected 5-year survival of 0%-50% in the judgment of the physicians entering the patient on the study.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0, 1, or 2.
• 1 week of planned cancer treatment (radiation or chemotherapy) at Mayo Clinic.
• Has a caregiver also willing to participate.
• Willingness to get e-mail/text reminder to complete the follow-up survey or complete the follow-up survey with a study coordinator by phone.

Exclusion Criteria

• Expected survival of <6 months.
• Active substance abuse (alcohol or drug).
• Participation in other psycho-social research trials.
• Active untreated thought disorder (bipolar illness, schizophrenia, etc.).
• Untreated suicidal intent or plan.
• In need of psychiatric hospitalization.
• Recurrent disease after disease-free interval of >6 months.
• Previous cancer 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer and/or second cancer diagnosed at approximately the same time as this cancer).
• Use of Proton Beam Radiation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Quality of Life Counseling	Video-conference quality of life counseling	-
Quality of Life Counseling	Quality of life counseling	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in the participant's QOL at 4 weeks (end of the intervention)	baseline, 4 weeks	Quality of Life, 0 to 10. 7 or higher is positive.
Change in the participant's QOL at 26 weeks	baseline, 26 weeks	Quality of Life, 0 to 10. 7 or higher is positive.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville; 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Mayo Clinic; 🇺🇸 Rochester, Minnesota, United States