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Study NCT ID: NCT00082654
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2010-09-21
First Post: 2004-05-14

Brief Title: Study of the Emotional Needs of Caregivers of Stem Cell Transplantation Patients
Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Organization: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Study Overview

Official Title: Emotional Needs of Caregivers and PatientSpouse Couples During Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation HSCT
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2010-09
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: RATIONALE Understanding the emotional needs of spouses or others who are living with and caring for patients who have undergone stem cell transplantation may help improve the quality of life of both the caregivers and the patients

PURPOSE This clinical trial is studying the emotional needs of caregivers of patients who have undergone stem cell transplant
Detailed Description: OBJECTIVES

Assess expression of emotion as a function of patient presence among spousal or other cohabiting caregivers CG of post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients
Assess desynchrony among subjective self-report and expressive indicators of emotion as a function of patient presence in these participants
Correlate CG dispositional inhibition and desynchrony with physical and marital satisfaction in these participants

OUTLINE Caregivers CG complete written questionnaires assessing demographics positive and negative affect dispositional inhibition marital satisfaction and physical health over 45 minutes to 1 hour on day 1 CG then engage in two oral emotional expression exercises on the topic of caregiving and the transplant over 2 hours on day 2 Patients are present for one oral emotional expression exercise

Participants are followed at 2 weeks and 6 months

PROJECTED ACCRUAL A total of 60 patientspouse couples will be accrued for this study within 18 months

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
CDR0000355106 None None None