NCT05698992

Rehabilitation and Recovery for Persons with Esophageal or Gastric Cancer

Rehabilitation and Recovery for Persons with Esophageal or Gastric Cancer - a Clinical Trial Evaluating and Implementing a Model for Evidence-based Cancer Rehabilitation

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Region Skane · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.

Detailed description

Sweden has had a National Cancer Rehabilitation Programme since 2014. This emphasises that all people with cancer have the right to individualised rehabilitation and that the contact nurse has an important role to play in identifying needs and ensuring evidence-based interventions throughout the cancer process to promote rehabilitation. The needs for optimised rehabilitation vary according to several parameters such as the person's personal circumstances and preferences, social support and type of cancer disease. Despite this and a growing number evidence within this area cancer rehabilitation is often not integrated in clinical care. The current cancer care focuses on medical and treatment related interventions. It is a challenge for health services to find models to identify and meet the increased need for cancer rehabilitation in a systematic and structured way throughout the cancer process, based on the specific needs of each individual. This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.

Conditions

• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Neoplasms
• Gastric Cancer
• Stomach Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	evidence-based individualized rehabilitation	The experimental group will receive structured individualized assessment based on physical, psychological or social needs and will be offered evidence-based interventions to promote rehabilitation and recovery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-27
• Primary completion: 2026-12-31
• Completion: 2027-12-31
• First posted: 2023-01-26
• Last updated: 2024-11-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden