Can checking in on cancer caregivers ease their burden?
NCT ID NCT03856086
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a program that screens cancer caregivers for distress and offers them support (called S+C) works better than usual care. About 150 caregivers of cancer patients took part. The goal was to see if the program helps reduce caregivers' unmet needs and improves their well-being.
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Study facts
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- 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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150 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2019
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Self-identified caregiver to a patient receiving surgery at JRSC OR self-identified caregiver to a patient at various inpatient surgical floors (i.e., M4, M7, M8) at the Main Hospital OR self-identified caregiver to a patient at the BMT clinic. * English fluency: Self-report by subject identifying English as the preferred language for healthcare, and self-reported degree of fluency as speaking English "Very well." * 18 years old or older as per self report * Agree to fulfill responsibilities as an IC during the perioperative phases as per self report Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive difficulties that preclude participation in the intervention or accurate assessment in the judgment of the PI * Medical illness that is of sufficient severity to preclude further participation in the study. * Presenting to JRSC as the IC for a patient undergoing a prophylactic procedure
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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