New tool aims to ease burden on brain cancer caregivers
NCT ID NCT04268979
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a web-based tool called eSNAP, combined with a caregiver navigator, could help family caregivers of brain cancer patients feel less anxious and burdened. The tool helps caregivers map out their support network, while the navigator provides guidance. Researchers measured caregiver well-being using standard anxiety, depression, and burden scales. The study involved 296 participants and has already been completed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Electronic Social Network Assessment Program (eSNAP) and Caregiver Navigator
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a simple way to support family caregivers of brain cancer patients, reducing their stress and burden.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with 296 participants, but it only tested a behavioral intervention, not a treatment for the disease itself. Results may not apply to all caregivers or settings.
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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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296 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- 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.
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21 years and older
- 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: * English-speaking/reading/writing * Able to complete questionnaires (including by proxy) * Family Caregivers (FCGs) must self-identify as being a primary FCG of a patient with a primary brain tumor, secondary (metastatic) brain tumor, or leptomeningeal disease diagnosis. A primary caregiver is a family member, friend, or other unpaid person who provides at least some care for a patient at home. * Patients must be diagnosed with new or recurrent primary brain tumor, a secondary (metastatic) brain tumor or leptomeningeal disease within the last 9 months, receiving at least some evaluation and/or care at Moffitt (i.e. at least one appointment), have a prognosis of at least 9 months Exclusion Criteria: * Patients may not participate without a consenting FCG, but FCGs may participate without a consenting patient * Patients and FCGs who are experiencing acute distress will be excluded from enrollment and referred directly to social work, per Moffitt policy.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
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