Quality of Life Study Registry for Persons With Cancer and Family Caregivers
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 863
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Functional status by Karnofsky and ECOG at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Studying quality-of-life in patients having cancer treatment and in their caregivers may help identify the intermediate- and long-term effects of treatment on patients with cancer and on their caregivers.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying quality of life of older patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and of their family caregivers.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Obtain quality of life and psychosocial data from older patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer and from their family caregivers. OUTLINE: This is a pilot, cross-sectional study. Patients undergo a 45-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and to complete quality of life questionnaires, including Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT), Spiritual tool, Quality and Satisfaction with Treatment (QUEST), and Profile of Mood State (POMS), at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers undergo a 20- to 30-minute interview in person or by phone to provide demographic data and complete quality of life questionnaires, including the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA), Quest, and POMS, at baseline and at 3 and 12 months. Caregivers complete the Quality of Death and Dying (QODD) questionnaire 2-3 months after the patient's death. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Not specified
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Functional status by Karnofsky and ECOG at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Co-morbidities by Charlson at baseline
Time Frame: at baseline
Cognitive status by Short Orientation Concentration Memory Test at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Quality of Life (QOL) by SF-12 at baseline
Time Frame: at baseline
QOL and Symptoms by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G) at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Spirituality by Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Sp at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Caregiver Burden by Caregiver Reaction Assessment at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Social Support by Shortened Social Support Scale at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Satisfaction with care by FACIT-TS-PS at 3 months and 1 year
Time Frame: at 3 months and 1 year
Mood state by Profile of Mood States at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Time Frame: at baseline, 3 months, and 1 year
Optimism by Life Orientation Test at baseline
Time Frame: at baseline
Secondary Outcomes
- Trends over time (mood state, satisfaction, symptoms, QOL, caregiver burden, and cognitive status) for patient and caregiver by the tools listed above at 3 months and 1 year(at 3 months and 1 year)