Integrated Care for Cancer Patients; Developing, Implementing and Testing a Programme to Improve Integrated Care

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Neoplasms

• Registration Number: NCT00135980
• Lead Sponsor: Radboud University Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to compose, implement and evaluate a programme to improve the quality of integrated care for patients with cancer.

Literature will be searched for components of integrated care programmes. On the basis of evidence based multi-disciplinary guidelines and literature on integrated care programmes, a set of indicators will be composed. This set will be measured in 6 hospitals on patients with non-small-cell-lung cancer. In two hospitals, an integrated care programme will be implemented and effects on processes and outcomes of care will be measured.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-08
• Study First Submitted: 2005-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-08-25
• Study First Posted: 2005-08-26
• Status Verified: 2007-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-02-28
• Last Update Posted: 2007-03-01
• Study Completion: 2007-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Each new patient that visits the lung specialist in 6 hospitals in the east part of Holland, in the period from September 2004 till March 2005

Exclusion Criteria

• Mortality

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
guideline adherence

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
hospitalization
satisfaction
quality of life

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Rijnstate Hospital; 🇳🇱 Arnhem, Netherlands

Slingeland Hosptital; 🇳🇱 Doetinchem, Netherlands

MaasHospital Pantein; 🇳🇱 Boxmeer, Netherlands

Gelderse Vallei Hospital; 🇳🇱 Ede, Netherlands

CWZ Hospital; 🇳🇱 Nijmegen, Netherlands

Radboud University Medical Centre; 🇳🇱 Nijmegen, Netherlands