NCT04090619Active, not recruiting
Frequency of Cachexia in Ambulatory Cancer Patients and Psychological Burden in Patients and Their Primary Caregivers
Frequency of Cachexia in Ambulatory Cancer Patients and Psychological Burden in Both Patients and Their Primary Caregivers Who Are Referred to an Outpatient Supportive Care Clinic
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This trial studies the frequency of cachexia in ambulatory cancer patients and the psychological burden in patients and their primary caregivers who are referred to an outpatient supportive care clinic. Studying how often loss of appetite and/or unintentional weight loss (cachexia) occurs in patients seen in the supportive care clinic may help researchers develop new ways to lower stress in patients who suffer from loss of appetite and weight loss as well as their family caregivers.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 192 (actual)
- First submitted
- 5 Aug 2019
- Start date
- 22 Jun 2021
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Multiple myeloma
- NCT number
- NCT04090619
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 192
- From 22 Jun 2021 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- \[Patient\] Patients with cognitive impairment as identified by research staff, treating physician or nurse (Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale score of \>/= 7).
- \[Caregiver\] Evidence of cognitive impairment, as determined based on orientation questions pertaining to the date, day of the week, time, and place
Other
- \[Patient\] Refusal to participate in this study. This study requires both patient and caregiver enrollment.
- \[Patient\] Patients with no caregiver or only paid caregivers.
- \[Caregiver\] Refusal to participate in this study. This study requires both patient and caregiver enrollment.
- \[Caregiver\] Not a primary caregiver or is a paid caregiver.
Who the study is looking for
- \[Patient\] Patients visiting the Supportive Care Clinic (SCC) for a consultation or a follow up.
- \[Patient\] Patients who can identify a primary caregiver.
- \[Patient\] Diagnosis of advanced cancer defined as locally advanced, recurrent, or metastatic.
- \[Patient\] Be able to read and speak English.
- \[Patient\] 18 years of age or older.
- \[Caregiver\] Be identified or self-identified as a primary caregiver of the patient.
- \[Caregiver\] Provide informed consent
- \[Caregiver\] Be able to read and speak English.
- \[Caregiver\] 18 years of age or older.
- \[Caregiver\] Caregivers who are not able to complete the questionnaire on the day of patients' SCC visit must be willing to engage in a telephone questionnaire with research staff within 60 days of the patient's enrollment.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
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