Could a comfort cart make cancer treatment easier for seniors?
NCT ID NCT07671586
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will test a comfort menu and cart for older adults (60+) receiving cancer treatment at a hospital in Brazil. The cart offers items like blankets, pillows, and hygiene kits to improve comfort. Researchers will compare patient and staff experiences before and after the cart is introduced, aiming to see if this low-cost approach can ease symptoms and improve care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- comfort menu and cart (non-pharmacological intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple, low-cost way to make cancer treatment more comfortable for older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with no control group, so results may not apply widely. The intervention is not a treatment for cancer itself.
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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 264 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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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60 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: * Age 60 years or older. * Receiving care at the Oncology Center in the context of active cancer treatment: intravenous chemotherapy, supportive therapy, or clinical evaluation. * Capacity to provide informed consent and respond to the interview, or presence of a legal representative or companion able to do so. Exclusion criteria. * Refusal to participate in the study or to use the comfort menu and cart items. * Decreased level of consciousness or acute clinical instability (hemodynamic instability, acute respiratory failure). * Absence of a companion able to consent and provide information when the patient presents cognitive impairment. * Inability to be contacted by telephone for the follow-up interview.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Sírio Libanês
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01308050, Brazil
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