A Web-based Program to Help Caregivers of Lung Patients Learn About Available Supportive Care Resources

Inclusion Criteria

• PRACTICE: Provide care for ≥ 50 newly diagnosed (new or recurrent) stage II-IV lung cancer patients annually
• PRACTICE: Must be willing to complete an entry in the screening project for all dyads screened
• PRACTICE: Able to identify 1-2 local practice referral coordinators willing to assist with CONNECT intervention delivery. Practices only able to identify one practice referral coordinator will be required to specify a back-up plan in the event that the practice referral coordinator becomes unavailable
• PRACTICE: Able to identify a research and/or clinical champion for the study, distinct from the local practice referral coordinator(s)
• CAREGIVER: Must self-report providing informal (i.e., not professional) care during cancer treatment for a patient who meets the patient criteria and who is willing to participate
• CAREGIVER: Must self-report being the primary caregiver when there is more than one caregiver for a patient
• CAREGIVER: Must be ≥18 years of age, as this study is focused on the experience of adult patient-caregiver dyads
• CAREGIVER: Must have access to the internet or be willing to use CONNECT in the clinic
• CAREGIVER: Must have access to a telephone to complete sessions with the central caregiver navigator
• PATIENT: Must have a current diagnosis of new (i.e., initial diagnosis) or recurrent stage II-IV lung cancer
• PATIENT: Must be enrolled after the start of anticancer systemic therapy (+/- radiation therapy) with at least 9 weeks of any planned anticancer treatment remaining
• PATIENT: Must be ambulatory and up (i.e., not bedridden) more than 50% of waking hours
• PATIENT: Must be ≥ 18 years of age, as this study is focused on the experience of adult patient-caregiver dyads
• PATIENT: Must self-report receiving informal (i.e., not professional) care from a caregiver who meets the study caregiver criteria and who is willing to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• CAREGIVER: Self report currently receiving cancer treatment
• CAREGIVER: Unable to read and communicate in English, as the CONNECT intervention is currently only available in English
• PATIENT: Patients who have completed treatment for their lung cancer at the time of study enrollment
• PATIENT: Enrolled in hospice care
• PATIENT: Unable to read English and not willing to have someone read surveys for them