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Study of How Caregivers Help Patients Cope With Respiratory and Other Symptoms Caused by Lung Cancer

NCT00979888 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2013-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Gathering information about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals cope with symptoms caused by lung cancer, such as breathlessness, cough, fatigue, anxiety, depression, pain, and difficulty sleeping, may help doctors learn more about non-drug methods of treating symptoms of respiratory distress.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how caregivers help patients cope with respiratory and other symptoms caused by lung cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

OTHER

informational intervention

OTHER

psychosocial support for caregiver

OTHER

questionnaire administration

PROCEDURE

dyspnea management

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manchester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alex Molassiotis, MD · University of Manchester

Study Design

Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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