Integrated Care for Cancer Patients; Developing, Implementing and Testing a Programme to Improve Integrated Care

February 28, 2007 updated by: Radboud University Medical Center

Integrated Care for Cancer Patients

The purpose of this study is to compose, implement and evaluate a programme to improve the quality of integrated care for patients with cancer.

Literature will be searched for components of integrated care programmes. On the basis of evidence based multi-disciplinary guidelines and literature on integrated care programmes, a set of indicators will be composed. This set will be measured in 6 hospitals on patients with non-small-cell-lung cancer. In two hospitals, an integrated care programme will be implemented and effects on processes and outcomes of care will be measured.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Neoplasms

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

300

Phase

Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Netherlands
- - Arnhem, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - Rijnstate Hospital
    - Contact:
      
      Hans Smit, MD
      
      Email: hsmit@alysis.nl
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
  - Boxmeer, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - MaasHospital Pantein
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
    - Contact:
      
      René Bunnik, MD
      
      Email: mbunnik@maasziekenhuispantein.nl
  - Doetinchem, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - Slingeland Hosptital
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
    - Contact:
      
      Gerrit Bosman, MD
      
      Email: G.Bosman@slingeland.nl
  - Ede, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - Gelderse Vallei Hospital
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
    - Contact:
      
      Marietje Oudijk, MD
      
      Email: oudijkm@zgv.nl
  - Nijmegen, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - Radboud university medical centre
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
    - Contact:
      
      Miep vanderDrift, MD
      
      Email: M.vanderdrift@ULC.umcn.nl
  - Nijmegen, Netherlands
    - Recruiting
    - CWZ Hospital
    - Principal Investigator:
      
      Marielle Ouwens, MSc
    - Contact:
      
      René Termeer, MD
      
      Email: A.Termeer@cwz.nl

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Each new patient that visits the lung specialist in 6 hospitals in the east part of Holland, in the period from September 2004 till March 2005

Exclusion Criteria:

Mortality

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
guideline adherence

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
quality of life
satisfaction
hospitalization

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Radboud University Medical Center

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Rosella Hermens, MSc,PhD, Centre for Quality of Care Research, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Study Director: Hub Wollersheim, MD,PhD, Centre for Quality of Care Research, Radboud University Medical Centre

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Ouwens M, Wollersheim H, Hermens R, Hulscher M, Grol R. Integrated care programmes for chronically ill patients: a review of systematic reviews. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005 Apr;17(2):141-6. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi016. Epub 2005 Jan 21.

Helpful Links

Site of the Centre for Quality of Care Research

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2004

Study Completion

July 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 25, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

August 26, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 1, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 28, 2007

Last Verified

February 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

PACT-study M2100
M2100

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