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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Pain and Fatigue Study

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00006253

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Official title

Family Home Care for Cancer - A Community-Based Model

Brief summary

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Patients with advanced cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy and who report pain and fatigue at intake in the past 24 hours or at a level 2 or higher of pain or fatigue at a 3 or higher on a 10-point scale will be assigned randomly to an 8-week, 6-contact self management attention control (SMAC) intervention, or to a 8-week, 6-contact experimental patient intervention for management of symptoms and support (PIMSS) targeted toward symptom management, reducing impact on physical role and social functioning and emotional distress. Both groups will continue to receive conventional cancer care. When compared with the self-management attention control intervention, patients exposed to the experimental intervention will report statistically significant positive effects on the following: 1. The primary outcome--total number of symptoms reported; 2. The secondary patient outcomes--reduced deterioration in physical role impact and social functioning, emotional distress, levels of communication with caregiver about care, and communication and satisfaction with provider care; and 3. Caregiver outcomes--greater involvement in symptom management, increased mastery of the caregiving process, reduced levels of depression and burden.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00006253
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Michigan State University
Other
Enrollment
350 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2003
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2006
Completion
Sep 30, 2006
Last update posted
Dec 6, 2011

2003 – 2006

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan 48824

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