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Feasibility Study of a Nurse Intervention to Impact Mucositis Severity and Prevent Dehydration

NCT03416582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2019-09-13

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Summary

This is a descriptive mixed method pilot study to determine the feasibility of a tailored nurse-delivered telephone intervention designed to impact mucositis symptom severity and prevent dehydration in lung and head/neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation, therefore reducing overall symptom severity and improving quality of life. Secondary purposes for this study are to investigate if the nursing intervention can decrease lung and head/neck cancer patients' unscheduled medical visits between chemoradiation treatments.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Symptom Management Education and Nurse Coaching

The registered nurse (RN) will teach good mouth care and management of sore mouth or throat (mucositis) symptoms to the patient for self-management at home. The RN will then call the patient twice every week to continue educating and coaching the patient about the mucositis self-management. The patient will receive the Symptom Management (SxM) Toolkit which is a written educational guide known as the "Cancer Treatment Symptom Management Education Toolkit" geared to help the patient manage their symptoms of sore mouth and throat at home in order to prevent dehydration.

BEHAVIORAL

Drinks Diary

The patient will complete the Drinks Diary daily by recording the all oral fluid ingested and also record the number of times the bathroom is used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raphael Yechieli, MD · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-29
Primary Completion
2019-08-22
Completion
2019-08-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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