NCT03649984

Implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program

Implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program for Cancer Patients in Ambulatory Services: A Cluster-randomized Pilot Study (Symptom Navi© Pilot Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 134 (actual)
• Sponsor: Manuela Eicher · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Symptom Navi© Program is a program to support symptom self-management of 16 core symptoms frequently experienced by patients in outpatient oncology units.The current study aims to pilot test the implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program under real-life conditions by evaluating procedures, testing preliminary effectiveness and assessing potential unintended effects using a cluster-randomised waitlist design complemented by qualitative methods.

Detailed description

Patients treated in cancer outpatient settings in Switzerland have high unmet care needs, especially in the domain of self-management of symptoms. The Symptom Navi© Program was developed to support symptom self-management of 16 core symptoms frequently experienced by patients in outpatient oncology units. The acceptability and feasibility of the Symptom Navi© Program was supported by a qualitative study with 10 cancer patients who received semi-structured patient consultations and subsequently used the Symptom Navi© Flyers at home. The overall objective of the current study is to pilot test the implementation of the Symptom Navi© Program under real-life conditions. The aims are to evaluate procedures, to test preliminary effectiveness and to assess potential unintended effects using a cluster-randomised waitlist design complemented by qualitative methods. The unit of randomization are the participating cancer outpatient centres with each centre representing a cluster. Intervention cluster will provide the Symptom Navi© Program, control clusters will provide usual care for symptom-management.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Symptom Navi© Program	Trained nurses provide two semi-structured patient education consultations with Symptom Navi© Flyers. Patients will use the Symptom Navi© Flyers individually at home.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-17
• Primary completion: 2019-04-12
• Completion: 2019-04-12
• First posted: 2018-08-28
• Last updated: 2020-08-24

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: Switzerland