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CTRI Number  CTRI/2017/12/010971 [Registered on: 26/12/2017] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 18/11/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Qualitative 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Exploring the experiences of adult family caregivers caring for patients with wounds caused by head and neck cancer in India 
Scientific Title of Study   Exploring the lived experiences of the adult family caregivers caring for patients with malignant fungating wounds in head and neck cancer in India: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Naveen Salins 
Designation  Associate Professor 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Department of Palliative Medicine Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  naveensalins@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Seema Rao 
Designation  Senior Medical Officer 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Palliative Respite Care Facility Department of Palliative Medicine Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  uskpsy69@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Seema Rao 
Designation  Senior Medical Officer 
Affiliation  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Palliative Respite Care Facility Department of Palliative Medicine Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel Mumbai

Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA
400012
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  uskpsy69@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Not Applicable 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Tata Memorial Hospital 
Address  Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel Mumbai-400012 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Naveen Salins  Tata Memorial Hospital  Room No;75, Main Building Department of Palliative Medicine Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel Mumbai
Mumbai
MAHARASHTRA 
9969683669

naveensalins@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Institutional review Board  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Adult family caregivers caring for patients with malignant fungating wounds 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  90.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Willing to participate in the study
Able to speak Hindi, Marathi and English
Family caregivers caring for patients with malignant fungating wounds in head and neck cancer for 3 months or more 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Unable or unwilling to participate in the study 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To record the experiences of adult family caregivers as interview transcripts
To develop codes and themes from the interview transcripts
 
May 31, 2018 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To evaluate the quality of the study  August 31, 2018 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="8"
Sample Size from India="8" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="8" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   01/01/2018 
Date of Study Completion (India) 30/06/2018 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   None 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary   This is a qualitative study using interpretative phenomenological analysis methodology that aims to explore the lived experiences of adult family caregivers caring for patients with malignant fungating wounds in head and neck cancer in India.  The study aims to recruit 8 patients and study their experiences in detail. 
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