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Community-Led Action Research in Oncology: Improving Symptom Management

NCT03208816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2018-03-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will be conducted at La Liga Contra el Cancer in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The overall objective of this project is to improve symptom management for patients undergoing chemotherapy in Honduras. The first step in this line of research is a "proof of concept" feasibility study in which the investigators will demonstrate their ability to train nurses to administer a non-pharmacological, telephone-delivered, symptom management program for chemotherapy patients.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

symptom management program for chemotherapy patients

Nurses will call study participants two times a week, to proactively assess and manage symptoms they might be experiencing during chemotherapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen D Lyons, ScD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-24
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Honduras

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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