New online tool aims to ease Cancer's toll on patients and loved ones
NCT ID NCT05601206
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a web-based program designed to help advanced cancer patients manage symptoms like depression, pain, fatigue, and sleep problems, while also supporting their caregivers. The program combines online tools with guidance from healthcare professionals. Researchers will compare this approach to usual care in 40 patient-caregiver pairs to see if it improves quality of life and reduces stress.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Web-based stepped collaborative care intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, scalable way to improve quality of life for advanced cancer patients and reduce stress for their caregivers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, so benefits may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2028
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2032
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients: Biopsy and/or radiograph proven diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma or breast, ovarian, or colorectal cancer with liver metastases with a life expectancy of at least one year; age \>21 years; no evidence of thought disorder, delusions, or active suicidal ideation is observed or reported. * Caregivers: A spouse or cohabitating intimate partner of an advanced cancer patient being evaluated the UPMC's Liver Cancer Center and age \>21 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients: Age \< 21 years, Lack of fluency in English, Evidence of thought disorder, delusions, hallucinations, or suicidal ideation. * Caregivers: Age \< 21 years, Lack of fluency in English, Evidence of thought disorder, delusions, hallucinations, or suicidal ideation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Montefiore Liver Cancer Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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University of Pittsburgh's Medical Center Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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