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Hospital-based Home Care for Children With Cancer

NCT01538706 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2012-02-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this non-randomized controlled intervention study was to evaluate the effects of a hospital-based home care program for children with cancer at a university hospital in Denmark. The hypothesis was that hospital-based home care could replace an out-patient visit or an in-patient admission without increasing the incidence of adverse events and costs. Furthermore, to enhance the children's quality of life and the psychosocial impact on the family.

Conditions

  • Neoplasms
  • Children

Interventions

OTHER

Hospital-based home care

Low-intensive intravenous antibiotics b) intravenous low-toxic chemotherapy c) blood samples drawn from the central venous catheter or peripheral vein d) subcutaneous injections e) nutrition treatment f) pain management (e.g. controlling an intravenous morphine pump g) supportive care e.g. changing dressings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rigshospitalet, Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helena Hansson, MSc · Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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