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The Effect of Case Management in Complex Cancer Pathways
Introduction: Case management (CM) has been proposed as a method for optimizing the course of treatment for complicated cancer patients. However evidence of the effect of CM is limited and methodologically rigorous research is needed.
Aim: To analyze effects of Nurse CM in complicated cancer care.
Methods: The study is designed as a two-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) including approximately 280 colorectal cancer patients.
Intervention group patients will be offered usual medical treatment plus supportive intervention from a case manager. Control group patients will receive usual medical and supportive treatment.
The intervention: Case managers are registered nurses and possess thorough knowledge of cancer treatment and pathways. Core intervention elements: Planned and ad hoc personal and telephone contacts, surveillance of care pathways, coordination and dissemination of care plan (including transfer of patient-specific information to other departments and general practice).
Primary outcomes: Patient evaluations of care pathways and "Quality of Life" (questionnaires).
Secondary outcomes: Use of health care services and care process measures (The National Health Insurance Service Registry and The National Patient Registry; and GPs' evaluations of continuity of care (questionnaire).
Schedule:
- "Case management used to optimize cancer care pathways: A systematic Review" has been published in BMC Health Services Research.
- The CM manual has been written. Questionnaires are under development and pilot testing.
- Two case managers have been appointed 1. January 2009.
- After training and pilot testing of the intervention the RCT will begin in March 2009. Inclusion period is 12 months.
Studie Overzicht
Toestand
Conditie
Interventie / Behandeling
Studietype
Inschrijving (Werkelijk)
Fase
- Niet toepasbaar
Contacten en locaties
Studie Locaties
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Aarhus C, Denemarken, 8000
- Department P, Aarhus University Hospital
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Deelname Criteria
Geschiktheidscriteria
Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie
- Kind
- Volwassen
- Oudere volwassene
Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers
Geslachten die in aanmerking komen voor studie
Beschrijving
Inclusion Criteria:
- Colon or rectal cancer are highly suspected and a course of treatment at Department P, Aarhus University Hospital is expected to follow.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Do not speak and understand Danish sufficiently to fill out questionnaires (due to dementia, some foreigners etc.)
Studie plan
Hoe is de studie opgezet?
Ontwerpdetails
- Primair doel: Onderzoek naar gezondheidsdiensten
- Toewijzing: Gerandomiseerd
- Interventioneel model: Parallelle opdracht
- Masker: Enkel
Wapens en interventies
Deelnemersgroep / Arm |
Interventie / Behandeling |
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Placebo-vergelijker: Control
Control group patients will receive usual medical plus usual supportive treatment.
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Actieve vergelijker: Case management
Intervention group patients are offered the support of a nurse case manager throughout their course of treatment.
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Intervention group patients are offered the support of a nurse case manager throughout their course of treatment.
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Wat meet het onderzoek?
Primaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Tijdsspanne |
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Patient satisfaction with care pathways(questionnaire)
Tijdsspanne: 8, 30 and 52 weeks after inclusion and randomization
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8, 30 and 52 weeks after inclusion and randomization
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Quality of Life measures(questionnaire)
Tijdsspanne: 8, 30 and 52 weeks after inclusion and randomization
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8, 30 and 52 weeks after inclusion and randomization
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Secundaire uitkomstmaten
Uitkomstmaat |
Tijdsspanne |
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Use of health care services during "the secondary care treatment period", i.e. GPs, emergency department, planned and emergency admission, total length of hospitalisation
Tijdsspanne: 12 (and 6) months from diagnosis
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12 (and 6) months from diagnosis
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GPs' evaluations of continuity of care (questionnaire).
Tijdsspanne: 30 weeks after the patient's inclusion in the trial
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30 weeks after the patient's inclusion in the trial
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Care process measures in terms of monitoring of data from the National Patient Registry
Tijdsspanne: 12 (and 6) months after diagnosis
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12 (and 6) months after diagnosis
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Medewerkers en onderzoekers
Sponsor
Medewerkers
Onderzoekers
- Hoofdonderzoeker: Christian N Wulff, MD, Research Unit of General Practice, Odense
Publicaties en nuttige links
Studie record data
Bestudeer belangrijke data
Studie start
Primaire voltooiing (Werkelijk)
Studie voltooiing (Werkelijk)
Studieregistratiedata
Eerst ingediend
Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria
Eerst geplaatst (Schatting)
Updates van studierecords
Laatste update geplaatst (Schatting)
Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria
Laatst geverifieerd
Meer informatie
Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie
Trefwoorden
Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden
- Ziekten van het spijsverteringsstelsel
- Neoplasmata per site
- Gastro-intestinale neoplasmata
- Neoplasmata van het spijsverteringsstelsel
- Gastro-intestinale aandoeningen
- Colon Ziekten
- Darmziekten
- Intestinale neoplasmata
- Rectale ziekten
- Colorectale neoplasmata
- Neoplasmata
- Rectale neoplasmata
- Koloniale neoplasmata
Andere studie-ID-nummers
- 477 980 567
- Datatilsyn J.nr. 2008-41-2932
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