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Understanding Caregiver Wellbeing for Advanced Cancer Patients

This study is looking to understand the experiences and wellbeing of people who care for patients with advanced cancer. Researchers want to identify important themes to create a brief, 5-session program called Positive Affect Treatment for Caregivers (PAT-C). This program aims to help caregivers cope. You may be able to join if you are an adult (18 years or older), can read and speak English, and have been living with and caring for someone with stage IV (advanced) solid cancer for more than six months. The main goal is to measure your quality of life using a questionnaire over about one month. The study's status is currently unclear, and it plans to enroll 150 participants.

Study design
This is an observational study, meaning researchers will gather information without giving any specific intervention. It plans to include 150 participants.
What's involved
You would complete a Quality of Life questionnaire through the completion of the study, which is approximately one month.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your quality of life will be measured through the completion of the study, which is approximately one month.

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NCT05904782

Development of Brief Positive Affect Treatment (PAT) for Caregivers of Patients With Advanced Cancer

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18+Observational
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
~150 participants
Updated 2026-08-14 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Quality of Life questionnaire (Qol)
Measured over through completion of study; approximately 1 month

Conditions

Cancer

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Juliet Kroll · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Who to contact

Juliet Kroll
[email protected]
(346) 723-5858
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
Males and female adults ≥18 years
Able to read and speak English
Caregiver of a patient diagnosed with stage IV solid malignancy, with whom they have been residing for \>6 months
Access to necessary resources for participating in a technology-based intervention (i.e., telephone, internet access)

Exclusion

Current participation in consistent (self-defined) psychotherapy
Caregivers who are considered part of a vulnerable population (i.e. cognitively impaired (self-reported or patient-reported), pregnant, military personnel) will not be eligible.

What this trial measures

  • Quality of Life questionnaire (Qol)through completion of study; approximately 1 month