RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT05663203

A Web-Based Dyadic Intervention for Colorectal Cancer

A Web-Based Dyadic Intervention to Manage Psychoneurological Symptoms for Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Caregivers

Sponsor

Emory University

Enrollment

56 participants

Start Date

May 1, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Colorectal Carcinoma

Summary

This clinical trial studies how well a web-based dyadic intervention works to manage psychoneurological symptoms for patients with colorectal cancer and their caregivers. Patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy experience severe and distressing psychoneurological symptoms that include fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance, pain, and cognitive dysfunction. When these co-occurring symptoms are undertreated, they negatively affect functional status, survival rates, and quality of life of patients as well as decrease health outcomes of their family caregiver. A critical need exists to develop an effective and novel intervention that focuses on patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers. A web-based dyadic intervention holds great promise to reduce psychoneurological symptoms burden and improve quality of life for patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and advance intervention development and implementation in cancer supportive care and health equity.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria14

Patients:
Age \>= 18 years
Diagnosed with colorectal cancer
Life expectancy \> 12 months
Receiving active chemotherapy
Self-reported at least two psychoneurological symptoms (based on the symptom measures' cutoff scores)
Identified primary caregiver (i.e., family members or significant others identified by the patients as their primary source of emotional and physical support)
Access to the Internet
Fluent in English
Caregivers:
Age \>= 18 years
Primary caregiver
Access to the Internet
Fluent in English