NCT04153019

PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION FOR CANCER CACHEXIA (PRICC)

PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION FOR THE ONCOLOGICAL PATIENT WITH CACHEXIA AND HIS CAREGIVER: A FEASIBILITY STUDY

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (actual)
• Sponsor: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Half of all cancer patients experience cachexia, with the prevalence rising above 80% in the last weeks of life. The cancer cachexia is a complex relational experience which involves the dyads patients-families. There are no studies on psychosocial interventions on dyads associated with rehabilitative interventions, to support more functional relationships to the management of cancer cachexia. Primary objective: to evaluate the feasibility of a psycho-educational intervention combined with a physiotherapy intervention on the dyads. Secondary objective: improvement of the Quality of Life of dyads, acceptability of the intervention, adherence to each of the two components. Methods: non-pharmacological interventional perspective, mixed-method study, addressed to a consecutive 30 cancer patients with cachexia and irreversible cachexia and their caregivers assisted by Hospital Palliative Care Unit.

Conditions

• Cancer Cachexia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Psychoeducational and rehabilitative intervention	Psycho-educational session: 3 weekly face-to-face consultations between a dyads and trained nurses, helping them to cope with cancer cachexia strengthening dyadic coping resources; 2) Rehabilitation program: 3 sessions with physiotherapists including educational component for patients self-management on physical activity and goal-setting, personalized program of exercises stretching and relaxation + 3 home sessions per week, self-managed by dyads.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-01
• Completion: 2021-09-30
• First posted: 2019-11-06
• Last updated: 2025-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy