Can looking back help cancer patients and caregivers feel better?
NCT ID NCT06505122
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program where older adults with advanced cancer and their caregivers talk about their lives together. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and helps improve emotional well-being and relationship quality. About 60 patient-caregiver pairs will be randomly assigned to the program or usual care.
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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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6 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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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50 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.
Patient Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 65 * Patient has a Stage III or IV advanced cancer diagnosis of any type * Score of 4 or more on National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Thermometer (DT)\* * Able to read and understand English Patient Exclusion Criteria: • Unable to identify caregiver to participate in study Caregiver Inclusion Criteria: * One caregiver must enroll with each patient for either subject to be eligible. * Caregivers will be selected by the patient when asked if there is a "significant other, spouse, romantic partner, or adult child with whom you discuss or can be helpful in health-related matters;" * Age 50 or older * Able to reach and understand English Caregiver Exclusion Criteria: • Caregivers unable to provide consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Rochester
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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