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Improving Symptom Management for Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers Through Internet

NCT01867723 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 560

Last updated 2015-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Being diagnosed and treated for cancer is usually associated with severe side effects and symptoms. Cancer patients can have difficulty to manage the symptoms as a result of treatment which may cause i) an interruption or cessation of cancer treatment ii) can have a negative impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). Family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients are often the primary source of social and emotional support for patients, and play major roles in how well patients manage with the consequences of illness and treatment. Thus, FCs are clinically important, since supporting FCs indirectly supports patients.

To help both cancer patients and their FCs to manage their symptoms, our center has developed WebChoice now called Connect, an internet based support system that extends traditional health services into cancer patients' homes. Connect provides individualized symptom management support, illness relevant information, and communication with a clinical nurse specialist in cancer care, as well as with other cancer patients and their FCs over the Internet. The objectives of this interdisciplinary research project are to test main and interaction effects of providing Connect to patients, to FCs or both simultaneously on 1) primary patient outcomes in terms of symptom distress, QoL, depression, fatigue and sleep 2) Primary FC outcomes in terms of symptom distress, QoL, depression, fatigue, sleep and FC burden 3) Secondary, or intermediate, patient and FC outcomes in terms of self-efficacy social support, and self-reported health care utilization.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Internet communication application

Intervention 1 Effect of internet support program will be tested on cancer patients and their family caregivers No intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cornelia Ruland, PHD · Oslo University Hospital- Raikshospitalet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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