Advancing Nursing Practices in Hospital Oncology Care
Advancing Family-Centered Care Nursing Practices in Inpatient Oncology Care
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out if a new training program for nurses called PACT (Partnership, Assessment, Care, and Transition) will be effective and relevant in helping nurses gain the skills needed to provide high-quality family-centered care. Family-centered care skills include engaging family caregivers as partners in patient care, and strengthening their capacity for caregiving by assessing family support needs and facilitating access to resources when needed. The study will also look at whether the quality of nurses' family-centered care skills is associated with improved outcomes for family caregivers. Both nurses and family caregivers will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be nurses/caregivers who care for advanced GI cancer patients admitted to Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2021
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 3, 2021
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 14, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 22, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 3, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 3, 2026
September 19, 2025
September 1, 2025
5 years
September 14, 2021
September 18, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Frequency of nurses' use of family centered care practices
Frequency of nurses' use of family centered care practices as observed during inpatient consultations with family caregivers
30 days
Study Arms (1)
Nurses
EXPERIMENTALMSKCC day-shift nurses (Clinical Nurse I to IV) assigned to the GI inpatient unit (MH16) at the time of study, all of whom provide initial and ongoing assessment of patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and informational needs
Interventions
Partnership, Assessment, Care and Transition to psychosocial resources. Nurses who participate in PACT will receive 8 hours of training in a single, full-day workshop. We will train nurses in clusters of 10-12 nurses at one time, which will allow for cross-coverage with minimal disruption to workflow, and provide a more intimate, small-group learning environment.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Nurses:
- MSKCC day-shift nurses and/or night-shift nurses (Clinical Nurse I to IV) assigned to the GI inpatient unit (M16) at the time of study, all of whom provide initial and ongoing assessment of patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and informational needs
- Nurse is comfortable speaking and reading English as per self report
- Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b:
- Adult (≥18 yrs) family caregiver (family caregiver is defined here as any informal caregiver who is a relative, friend or legal representative) who self-identifies and/or is identified by the nursing staff as involved in the care of an MSK cancer patient who either:
- is currently admitted to the M16 unity for at least 12 hours OR
- has been discharged from the M16 unit within the last 2 weeks
- English-speaking as per self-report
- Only one FC per patient case will be invited to participate.
- M16 Patients (chart review only):
- Adult (≥18 yrs) cancer patient who is currently admitted in the M16 unit at Memorial Hospital for at least 12 hours o English speaking as per self-report
You may not qualify if:
- Nurses:
- Nurse plans to leave MSK or the GI unit within 3 months as per self-report
- \[Phases 2-4\] Nurse refuses observation of consultations as per self-report
- Family caregivers (FC) - Phase 1b:
- FC's patient is deceased at time of consent
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Talia Zaider, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 14, 2021
First Posted
September 22, 2021
Study Start
September 3, 2021
Primary Completion (Estimated)
September 3, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
September 3, 2026
Last Updated
September 19, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.