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NCT Number: NCT00921232

Assessment of the Burden Within the Dyad Patient/Caregiver

This study is about the patients life ending and their caregiver, when a return to home is planned.

This is a behavioral sciences study (= interventional study for french law)

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Key information

Conditions

Palliative Care

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre Oscar Lambret

Lille, 59020, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient > 18 years old
  • Cancer for which no curative treatment is envisaged
  • Palliative treatment only
  • For the caregiver: designated by the patient like the referring individual

Treatment and study plan

Questionnaires

Behavioral

During a consultation:

  • 3 questionnaires (HADS, FRI, CRA)
  • and a form for the sociodemographic data

Primary outcomes

  1. Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA scale) completed by patient (hetero-perception) and its caregiver (auto-perception)

    Time frame: At baseline, to the announcement of the exclusive palliative care

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perception of the burden by the patient and its caregiver: search for potential predictive factors of the burden by statistic analysis HADS (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale FRI (The Family Relationship Index)

    Time frame: At baseline, to the announcement of the exclusive palliative care

  2. Search for factors influencing the return at home of the life-ending patients by statistic analysis

    Time frame: Death

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Oscar Lambret

Other

Collaborators

  • Unité de REcherche en sciences Cognitives et Affectives URECA EA1059
  • University of Lille Nord de France

Registry information

Official study title

Crossed Assessment of the Burden Within the Dyad Patient/Caregiver: Analysis of Explanatory Factors and Consequences for Return at Home of the Life-ending Patient

Acronym: RAPSODIE

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Jun 16, 2009
Registry last updated
Mar 16, 2026

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