NCT03964896

Nurse-Driven Telephone Intervention in Improving Side Effects in Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Nurse-Driven Telephone Triage Intervention for Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy in the Ambulatory Setting

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial studies how well a nurse-driven telephone intervention improves side effects in patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy. Receiving calls from a nurse at home while receiving chemotherapy may improve the management of side effects and overall care in cancer patients.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To explore the feasibility of a proactive nurse-driven telephone triage intervention for patients with cancer receiving first-line chemotherapy in the ambulatory setting. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To explore the symptom experience of patients receiving a nurse-driven telephone triage intervention while receiving chemotherapy in the ambulatory setting. II. To explore the satisfaction of patients receiving a nurse-driven telephone triage intervention while receiving chemotherapy in the ambulatory setting. III. To explore the frequency of emergency room visits and hospital admissions for symptom management by patients receiving a nurse-driven telephone triage intervention while receiving chemotherapy in the ambulatory setting. OUTLINE: During standard of care chemotherapy, patients receive up to 18 telephone calls from a nurse using a standardized triage call script over 20 minutes.

Conditions

• Breast Carcinoma
• Head and Neck Carcinoma
• Sarcoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey	Complete survey
OTHER	Survey Administration	Ancillary studies
BEHAVIORAL	Telephone-Based Intervention	Receive telephone calls

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-17
• Primary completion: 2019-12-18
• Completion: 2019-12-18
• First posted: 2019-05-28
• Last updated: 2019-12-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States