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.
Studieoversikt
Status
Status
Forhold
Forhold
Intervensjon / Behandling
Intervensjon / Behandling
Studietype
Studietype
Registrering (Faktiske)
Registrering
Fase
Fase
- Ikke aktuelt
Kontakter og plasseringer
Studiesteder
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Aarhus C, Danmark, 8000
- Department P, Aarhus University Hospital
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Deltakelseskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Kvalifikasjonskriterier
Alder som er kvalifisert for studier
- Barn
- Voksen
- Eldre voksen
Tar imot friske frivillige
Kjønn som er kvalifisert for studier
Beskrivelse
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.)
Studieplan
Hvordan er studiet utformet?
Designdetaljer
- Primært formål: Helsetjenesteforskning
- Tildeling: Randomisert
- Intervensjonsmodell: Parallell tildeling
- Masking: Enkelt
Antall våpen
Våpen og intervensjoner
Deltakergruppe / ArmDeltakergruppe / Arm |
Intervensjon / BehandlingIntervensjon / Behandling |
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Placebo komparator: Control
Control group patients will receive usual medical plus usual supportive treatment.
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Aktiv komparator: 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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Hva måler studien?
Primære resultatmål
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Patient satisfaction with care pathways(questionnaire)
Tidsramme: 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)
Tidsramme: 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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Sekundære resultatmål
Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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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
Tidsramme: 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).
Tidsramme: 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
Tidsramme: 12 (and 6) months after diagnosis
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12 (and 6) months after diagnosis
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Samarbeidspartnere og etterforskere
Sponsor
Sponsor
Samarbeidspartnere
Samarbeidspartnere
Etterforskere
Etterforskere
- Hovedetterforsker: Christian N Wulff, MD, Research Unit of General Practice, Odense
Publikasjoner og nyttige lenker
Studierekorddatoer
Studer hoveddatoer
Studiestart
Studiestart
Primær fullføring (Faktiske)
Primær fullføring
Studiet fullført (Faktiske)
Studiet fullført
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først innsendt
Først innsendt
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først innsendt som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Først lagt ut (Anslag)
Først lagt ut
Oppdateringer av studieposter
Sist oppdatering lagt ut (Anslag)
Sist oppdatering lagt ut
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Siste oppdatering sendt inn som oppfylte QC-kriteriene
Sist bekreftet
Sist bekreftet
Mer informasjon
Begreper knyttet til denne studien
Nøkkelord
Ytterligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre studie-ID-numre
Andre studie-ID-numre
- 477 980 567
- Datatilsyn J.nr. 2008-41-2932
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