Cancer's hidden toll on families: new study seeks answers
NCT ID NCT06433349
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how cancer affects not just patients, but their entire family. Researchers will survey 240 Danish patients with breast, prostate, colorectal cancer, or lymphoma, along with their caregivers. They will measure family health, stress, depression, and quality of life over time to find which families struggle most and why.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors identify which families need extra support during cancer care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly improve health outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
Who is studied
Patients with breast, prostate, colorectal cancer, or lymphoma and their appointed caregivers. The patients are to receive anti-neoplastic treatment with curative intent at one of the six hospitals included sites.
- 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: * curative intended patients and their eventual appointed caregivers \>18 * breast-, prostate- colorectal cancer or lymphoma. Exclusion Criteria: * Not able to understand or give written informed consent * Not able to speak Danish or complete questionnaires in Danish
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Odense University Hospital
RECRUITINGOdense C, 5000, Denmark
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