Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03208816
Community-Led Action Research in Oncology: Improving Symptom Management
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 25 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study will be conducted at La Liga Contra el Cancer in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The overall objective of this project is to improve symptom management for patients undergoing chemotherapy in Honduras. The first step in this line of research is a "proof of concept" feasibility study in which the investigators will demonstrate their ability to train nurses to administer a non-pharmacological, telephone-delivered, symptom management program for chemotherapy patients.
Detailed description
The investigators will use the team's previous experience delivering a standardized, non-pharmacological palliative care intervention by telephone to inform a "proof of concept" feasibility study in Honduras. They will train nurses at La Liga Contra el Cancer in San Pedro Sula to conduct the telephone sessions and monitor their fidelity to treatment as they enroll a minimum They will then evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of the program.
Conditions
- Chemotherapy-induced Neutropenia
- Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Neoplasms
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | symptom management program for chemotherapy patients | Nurses will call study participants two times a week, to proactively assess and manage symptoms they might be experiencing during chemotherapy. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-07-24
- Primary completion
- 2017-12-31
- Completion
- 2017-12-31
- First posted
- 2017-07-06
- Last updated
- 2018-03-27
Locations
2 sites across 2 countries: United States, Honduras
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03208816. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.