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An Intervention to Improve Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

NCT01272024 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 146

Last updated 2016-06-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

1.) To integrate discharge planning into an intervention provided by advanced practice nurses (APRNs)for patients with advanced cancer, 2.) To evaluate the effects of the intervention, and 3.) To explore the reach, adoption, and implementation of the intervention to facilitate the transition of patients from surgery/biopsy/chemotherapy to medical oncology in a comprehensive cancer center.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Symptom Education

Participants are given a Symptom Education Toolkit at baseline and at each visit thereafter (1 month and 3 month) are encouraged to use the Toolkit for symptoms they are experiencing. They are also encouraged to use resources available to them.

BEHAVIORAL

Intervention

Participants are visited/contacted by an intervention nurse ten times over a 12-week period for the purpose of helping them to manage uncertainty and distress,to boost their problem-solving skills, and to transition to treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ruth McCorkle, RN, PhD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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