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PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION FOR CANCER CACHEXIA (PRICC)

NCT04153019 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2025-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Half of all cancer patients experience cachexia, with the prevalence rising above 80% in the last weeks of life. The cancer cachexia is a complex relational experience which involves the dyads patients-families. There are no studies on psychosocial interventions on dyads associated with rehabilitative interventions, to support more functional relationships to the management of cancer cachexia.

Primary objective: to evaluate the feasibility of a psycho-educational intervention combined with a physiotherapy intervention on the dyads. Secondary objective: improvement of the Quality of Life of dyads, acceptability of the intervention, adherence to each of the two components.

Methods: non-pharmacological interventional perspective, mixed-method study, addressed to a consecutive 30 cancer patients with cachexia and irreversible cachexia and their caregivers assisted by Hospital Palliative Care Unit.

Conditions

  • Cancer Cachexia

Interventions

OTHER

Psychoeducational and rehabilitative intervention

Psycho-educational session: 3 weekly face-to-face consultations between a dyads and trained nurses, helping them to cope with cancer cachexia strengthening dyadic coping resources; 2) Rehabilitation program: 3 sessions with physiotherapists including educational component for patients self-management on physical activity and goal-setting, personalized program of exercises stretching and relaxation + 3 home sessions per week, self-managed by dyads.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Loredana Buonaccorso, Dr. · Psycho-Oncology Unit, Azienda USL - IRCSS Reggio Emilia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-01
Completion
2021-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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