Nurse-led support for family caregivers of older adults with advanced lung cancer
Tests a nurse-led support program for family caregivers of older adults with advanced lung cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Where
- Taipei, TaiwanSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Nurse-Led Caregiver Support for Older Adults With Advanced Lung Cancer
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 120 people, planned
- Started
- 8 Apr 2025
- Expected to end
- Jun 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Integrating Nurse-Led and Resource Utilization-Based Caregiver Support Model
- Oncology Case Manager Care and Usual Care
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for older adults with newly diagnosed stage III or IV non-small cell lung cancer and their main family caregiver, who join together as a pair.
- Age
- Patients: older adults (no exact age is given in the criteria). Caregivers: 18 years or older.
- Sex
- Men and women can join.
- Disease stage
- Locally advanced or advanced non-small cell lung cancer, stage III or stage IV, newly diagnosed. The patient knows the diagnosis.
- Earlier treatment
- The patient is getting ready to start anti-cancer medical treatment.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Patient with severe memory or thinking problems that stop them completing the questionnaires or assessments
- Caregiver who cannot communicate well enough to complete the assessments
- Caregiver who cannot or does not want to give written informed consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patient inclusion criteria:
- Older adults with newly diagnosed locally advanced or advanced non-small cell lung cancer
- Stage III or stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
- Aware of their cancer diagnosis
- Preparing to receive anti-cancer medical treatment
- Able to communicate verbally and complete study assessments
- Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent; Caregiver inclusion criteria:
- Adult aged 18 years or older
- Identified by the eligible patient as the fixed primary family caregiver
- Able to participate in the study together with the patient as a patient-caregiver dyad
- Willing to participate in the study and provide written informed consent
Who cannot take part
- Severe cognitive impairment that prevents completion of study questionnaires or assessments; Caregiver exclusion criteria:
- Patient exclusion criteria:
- Unable to communicate sufficiently to complete study assessments
- Unable or unwilling to provide written informed consent
Where in Taiwan
- National Taiwan University Cancer CenterTaipei, TaiwanContact: Yeur-Hur Lai, PhDTaking people
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanContact: Yeur-Hur Lai, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This two-phase study aims to examine the current status of older adults with newly diagnosed locally advanced or advanced non-small cell lung cancer and their primary family caregivers, and to evaluate the effects of the Integrating Nurse-Led and Resource Utilization-Based Caregiver Support Model (ICSM). Phase I is a cross-sectional correlational study assessing distress, unmet care needs, resource awareness and utilization, social support, and health promotion practice. Phase II is a two-group randomized controlled trial comparing ICSM plus oncology case manager care with oncology case manager care and usual hospital care. The intervention includes nurse-led education and counseling, symptom management, emotional coping, problem-solving, social resource use, caregiving activity arrangement, and use of a web-based or LINE-based integrated resource system.
The 2 groups in the trial
- ICSM Plus Oncology Case Manager CareTreatment being tested
Participants in this group receive the Integrating Nurse-Led and Resource Utilization-Based Caregiver Support Model (ICSM) in addition to oncology case manager care and usual hospital care. The intervention includes nurse-led education and counseling, symptom management, emotional coping, problem-solving, social resource use, caregiving activity arrangement, and use of a web-based or LINE-based integrated resource system.
Treatment: Integrating Nurse-Led and Resource Utilization-Based Caregiver Support Model and Oncology Case Manager Care and Usual Care
- Oncology Case Manager Care and Usual CareExisting treatment, for comparison
Participants in this group receive oncology case manager care and usual hospital care. This includes routine cancer care, standard follow-up, and support provided through the hospital's usual care process.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Expanding Caregiving Capacities for Caregivers of Older Adults With Newly Diagnosed Advanced Lung Cancer: A Study of Current Status and Evaluation of the Integrating Nurse-Led and Resource Utilization-Based Caregiver Support Model (ICSM)
- Plain-language title
- Nurse-led support for family caregivers of older adults with advanced lung cancerGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026