Can nurse training ease the burden on cancer caregivers?
NCT ID NCT05053191
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a training program called PACT that teaches nurses how to better support families of patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer. About 84 nurses and family caregivers at Memorial Sloan Kettering will take part. The goal is to see if the training helps nurses use family-centered care skills more often and whether that improves outcomes for caregivers.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- PACT training program (behavioral intervention for nurses)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that training nurses in family-centered care improves support for family caregivers of cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with 84 participants, so results may not apply to other hospitals or settings. It measures nurse behavior and caregiver outcomes, not direct patient health.
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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 84 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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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18 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: Nurses: * MSKCC day-shift nurses and/or night-shift nurses (Clinical Nurse I to IV) assigned to the GI inpatient unit (M16) at the time of study, all of whom provide initial and ongoing assessment of patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and informational needs * Nurse is comfortable speaking and reading English as per self report Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b: * Adult (≥18 yrs) family caregiver (family caregiver is defined here as any informal caregiver who is a relative, friend or legal representative) who self-identifies and/or is identified by the nursing staff as involved in the care of an MSK cancer patient who either: * is currently admitted to the M16 unity for at least 12 hours OR * has been discharged from the M16 unit within the last 2 weeks * English-speaking as per self-report * Only one FC per patient case will be invited to participate. M16 Patients (chart review only): * Adult (≥18 yrs) cancer patient who is currently admitted in the M16 unit at Memorial Hospital for at least 12 hours o English speaking as per self-report Exclusion Criteria: Nurses: * Nurse plans to leave MSK or the GI unit within 3 months as per self-report * \[Phases 2-4\] Nurse refuses observation of consultations as per self-report Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b: * FC's patient is deceased at time of consent
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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