Clinical Trial

Resilience-Building for Advance Care Planning

Study acronym: ROCKS
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Summary
The aims of this study are to (1) assess the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of the ROCKS intervention among patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers through a randomized controlled trial in a cancer center setting; (2) evaluate the preliminary efficacy of ROCKS, as compared to usual care, on changes in completion of advance directives; and (3) explore the dyadic effects of resilience on self-efficacy, optimism, dyadic communication and coping, anxiety, and depression using an actor-partner interdependence model.
Protocol Amendment History 1 change
critical Recruitment opened 2026-06-10
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07428278
Lead Sponsor University of Illinois at Chicago
Collaborators: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Conditions Advanced Cancer, End of Life
Enrollment 152 participants
Start Date 2026-05-28
Primary Completion 2028-05-31 (estimated)
Study Completion 2028-07-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-06-09