LIVInG With chrONic Cancer TrEatments (LONGEVITI) Study

Study Purpose

People with advanced chronic cancers are now living for many years as a result of new targeted anti-cancer treatments. Many of these treatments are quite new and people may take them for months, even years, as long as the treatments are helping. The purpose of this study is to help understand how to best support people receiving these treatments.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms

No
Study Type

An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes.


An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.


Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.

Observational
Eligible Ages 18 Years - 90 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

taking chronic targeted anti-cancer agents -

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Trial Details

Trial ID:

This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.

NCT05645510
Phase

Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans.

Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.

Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.

Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

University of Alberta
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

N/A
Principal Investigator Affiliation N/A
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries Canada
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Cancer, Tyrosine Kinase Mutation, Breast Cancer, Melanoma, Multiple Myeloma, Chronic Leukemia, Prostate Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer
Additional Details

Participants ill be scheduled for an in-person, telephone or computer video interview with the researcher(s). They will be asked about their experiences receiving targeted anti-cancer treatments. Then over the next 3 months, participants will be asked to think about how receiving these cancer treatments affects daily living and to create a 'metaphor'. Metaphors may be composed with any mix of visual, verbal, musical or other works participants feel expresses and brings their experiences to life.

Contact a Trial Team

If you are interested in learning more about this trial, find the trial site nearest to your location and contact the site coordinator via email or phone. We also strongly recommend that you consult with your healthcare provider about the trials that may interest you and refer to our terms of service below.

International Sites

Edith Pituskin, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Status

Recruiting

Address

Edith Pituskin

Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9

Site Contact

Edith Pituskin, PhD

pituskin@ualberta.ca

7804328221