- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04437563
Improving Information to Caregivers Via Adaptation and Implementation of the HERMES Intervention (HERMESII)
Improving Information to Caregivers Via Adaptation and Implementation of the HERMES Intervention the Danish Health Care System
The HERMES intervention was developed in a Danish setting after a comprehensive investigation on caregivers' needs. The intervention consists of: 1) a systematic identification of the caregiver's unmet information needs and 2) a subsequent consultation with a nurse providing the lacking information. The evaluation carried out in a randomized trial at Herlev Hospital showed positive results. It reduced the unmet information needs and improved the caregivers' evaluation of the information from and communication with the health care professionals and the perception of being seen and acknowledged as a caregiver. However, although research projects may show a positive effect, this does not mean that the intervention will be easily implemented in the health care system. Nor does it guarantee that the intervention will show the expected results once implemented in a busy clinical routine.
Therefore, the present project will adapt the HERMES intervention to be implemented in Danish departments of oncology and haematology by (in the first part of the project):
- Elucidating how the HERMES intervention is best implemented in the clinical setting according to the clinical staff.
- Elucidating how the HERMES intervention is best implemented in the treatment and follow-up period according to the patients and their caregivers.
- Developing a technological solution (an app) for the HERMES intervention in which the responses given by the caregivers will form the basis for a subsequent consultation with the health care staff.
- Revising the HERMES intervention based on the outcomes of a-c.
- Testing the revised HERMES intervention in a pilot study.
In the second part of the project, the revised HERMES intervention will be tested in a large scale trial with the purpose to:
- Implement the revised HERMES intervention in the departments of oncology/haematology.
- Test the effect of the revised HERMES intervention.
- Evaluate the feasibility of the revised HERMES intervention in a large scale.
- Elucidate the effectiveness and the feasibility of the intervention and assess possibilities and potential needs for further adaptation in order to secure the future applicability in the Danish Health Care System.
Thus, the overall aim is that by the end of the study, an evidence based and practical implementable method to (continous) use of the HERMES intervention in the Danish health care system is available.
Study Overview
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Mathilde Adsersen, PhD
- Phone Number: 004538635131
- Email: mathilde.adsersen@regionh.dk
Study Locations
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Aalborg, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Aalborg Universitetshospital
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Contact:
- Charlotte B Rotboel, MD
- Email: c.rotboel@rn.dk
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 2100
- Recruiting
- Rigshospitalet
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Contact:
- Ulla B Tange, MD
- Email: ulla.brix.tange@regionh.dk
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Herlev, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Herlev Hospital
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Contact:
- Katrine R Jervad, Nurse
- Email: katrine.roshani.jervad@regionh.dk
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Herning, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Hospitalsenheden Vest
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Contact:
- Hanne Linnet, MD
- Email: hannsind@rm.dk
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Naestved, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Naestved Sygehus
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Contact:
- Elizabeth Rosted, PhD, Nurse
- Email: eros@regionsjaelland.dk
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Roskilde, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Roskilde Universitetshospital
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Contact:
- Elizabeth Rosted, PhD, Nurse
- Email: eros@regionsjaelland.dk
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Soenderborg, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Sygehus Soenderjylland
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Contact:
- Joan Lassen, Nurse
- Email: joan.lassen@rsyd.dk
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Vejle, Denmark
- Recruiting
- Vejle Sygehus
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Contact:
- Hroenn Thorn, Nurse
- Email: hronn.thorn@rsyd.dk
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult (18+ years)
- Primary caregiver (defined as the lay person (partner, family member, friend, etc) most involved in the patient's disease course. The primary caregiver is appointed by the patient)
- Caregiver of an adult cancer patient starting up a treatment course in an oncological department
- Written informed consent to participation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Caregivers not able to read and understand Danish
- Caregivers with no or minimal contact to the oncological department
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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No Intervention: Control
('Standard' care).
No intervention offered.
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Experimental: Intervention
('Standard' care +) The 'Herlev Hospital Empowerment of Relatives through More and Earlier information Supply' (HERMES) intervention.
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Via an app, the caregiver answers 14 questions about his/her need for (more) information.
The caregiver presents his/her answers (i.e., need for information) to the health care professionals (HCPs), and the HCPs provide the caregiver with the lacking information.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Quality of information from and communication with health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by the subscale 'Problems with the quality of information from and communication with health care professionals' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more problems with the quality of information from and communication with health care professionals.
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Quality of information from and communication with health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by the subscale 'Problems with the quality of information from and communication with health care professionals' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more problems with the quality of information from and communication with health care professionals.
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Amount of information from health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by (a revised version of) the subscale 'Lack of information from health care professionals' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more lack of information from health care professionals
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Amount of information from health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by (a revised version of) the subscale 'Lack of information from health care professionals' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more lack of information from health care professionals
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Attention from health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by the subscale 'Lack of attention from health care professionals on the caregivers' wellbeing' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more lack of attention from health care professionals
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Attention from health care professionals
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by the subscale 'Lack of attention from health care professionals on the caregivers' wellbeing' in the Cancer Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more lack of attention from health care professionals
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Caregiver involvement
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by item 12 in the Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Item score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more caregiver dissatisfaction with involvement
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Caregiver involvement
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by item 12 in the Caregiving Tasks, Consequences and Needs Questionnaire (CaTCoN).
Item score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. more caregiver dissatisfaction with involvement
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Emotional functioning
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Emotional Functioning 10 scale (EORTC EF10).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. worse emotional functioning
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Emotional functioning
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by the EORTC Emotional Functioning 10 scale (EORTC EF10).
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a worse outcome, i.e. worse emotional functioning
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Positive emotional functioning
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Measured by a scale of five positively formulated items concerning emotional functioning which were excluded from the EORTC Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) emotional functioning bank during the development of the item bank.
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a better outcome, i.e. more positive emotional functioning
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 3 months follow-up
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Positive emotional functioning
Time Frame: Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Measured by a scale of five positively formulated items concerning emotional functioning which were excluded from the EORTC Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT) emotional functioning bank during the development of the item bank.
Subscale score range: 0-100.
A higher score represents a better outcome, i.e. more positive emotional functioning
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Change from baseline (enrollment) to 6 months follow-up
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mogens Groenvold, PhD DMSc, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- R210-A12901
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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