Online Psychosocial Cancer Screening, Monitoring and Stepped Treatment in Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 184
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in Post-traumatic Stress (PCL-5)
研究概览
简要总结
This multicenter randomized controlled study will appraise the effectiveness and cost-utility of an e-health ecosystem with integrated and stepped psychosocial services that will be compared with the usual psychosocial care. The study is developed in the acute survival phase among breast cancer survivors. The outcomes of both interventions will be compared in terms of the amount of waiting time to receive psychosocial care and changes in several psychosocial variables. Finally, a comparative economic analysis will be conducted in other relevant psychosocial and health parameters. The e-health platform is expected to outperform usual care in the aforementioned indicators, while reaching high acceptability and usability by survivors, and additionally reducing costs for health providers.
详细描述
Cancer diagnosis and treatment causes a huge psychosocial impact on breast cancer survivors. Psychosocial treatments in cancer survivors have already demonstrated their effectiveness in reducing emotional distress and improving quality of life although the access to them still presents important barriers, such as poor early detection, long waiting times for diagnosis or treatment, as well as other restrictions related to work, mobility or economic situation. In addition, the current digitization of screening, monitoring and psychosocial treatment poses a revolution in the improvement of the quality of care and the reduction of its economic burden. The objectives of this study are, first, to assess the clinical efficacy of an e-health platform that includes integrated and stepped psychosocial services, in comparison to usual psychosocial care, and second, to examine its cost-utility.
The study methodology is that of a multicentre randomised controlled trial with 2 parallel groups (experimental versus control group). Approximately 193 patients diagnosed with breast cancer in the acute survival phase will be recruited from 3 University hospitals in Catalonia (Spain) and will be randomised to one of two treatment conditions. All participants will be evaluated at the beginning of the study (T1: recruitment), 3 months from T1 (T2), 6 months from T1 (T3) and 12 months from T1 (T4). Primary outcome measures will include detection of clinical cases, amount of waiting time from detection to psychosocial intervention, and proportion of cases solved in the different steps of the intervention, as well as outcomes related to emotional distress, quality of life, post-traumatic stress and growth and therapeutic alliance. Secondary outcomes will include the acceptability of the platform by patients through satisfaction questionnaires and the usability of the platform. For the cost-utility analysis, the investigators will assess quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and costs related to the number of days of sick leaves, healthcare utilization, adherence to pharmacological treatment, health professionals' costs, infrastructure and transport costs.
The study will provide an important advance in the treatment of breast cancer; in the long term, it is expected to improve the quality of patient care and the treatment efficacy and to reduce waiting lists as well as direct and indirect costs associated with the treatment of the disease in Spain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 85 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients aged between 18 and 70 years with BC, within 6 weeks after diagnosis.
- •Having online access and a user-level knowledge of Internet.
- •Understanding of Spanish language.
排除标准
- •Major depressive episode.
- •Significant autolytic ideation.
- •Showing symptoms of psychosis or substance abuse.
- •Intellectual disability.
- •Having a mobile phone with an old release of Android operating system, which is not compatible with the platform.
研究组 & 干预措施
Online integrated and stepped psychosocial care
A group of breast cancer survivors will be randomly allocated (1:1 allocation) to the online integrated and stepped psychosocial care group
干预措施: Online integrated and stepped psychosocial care (Behavioral)
Usual psychosocial care
A group of breast cancer survivors will be randomly allocated (1:1 allocation) to the usual psychosocial care group
干预措施: Usual psychosocial care (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Post-traumatic Stress (PCL-5)
时间窗: Time 1: Baseline; Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian version (PCL-5) (Blevins, Weathers, Davis, Witte, \& Domino, 2015). The official Spanish translation of the instrument was provided by the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (www.ptsd.va.gov/). The PCL-5 is a 20-item questionnaire, corresponding to the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders Version 5" symptom criteria for PTSD. The self-report rating scale is 0-4 for each symptom, reflecting a change from 1-5 in the DSM-IV version. Rating scale descriptors are the same: "Not at all," "A little bit," Moderately," "Quite a bit," and "Extremely." A total symptom severity score (range - 0-80) can be obtained by summing the scores for each of the 20 items, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Change in Quality of Life (EQ-5D-3L)
时间窗: Time 1: Baseline; Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention
EuroQoL-EQ-5D-3L (EuroQol Group, 1990; Spanish validation by Abadia et al., 1999). It consists of 5 dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. Total scores range from 0-100 with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Change in Post-traumatic Growth (PTGI)
时间窗: Time 1: Baseline; Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention
Post-traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) (Tedeschi \& Calhoun, 1996; Spanish validation by Costa-Requena and Gil, 2007). It is a 21-item instrument based on a 6-point Likert scale (0=no change - 5=very high degree of change), which assesses positive changes experienced after a trauma. Total scores range from 0 to 105 with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Change in Therapeutic alliance (WAI-P)
时间窗: Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention
Working Alliance Inventory-Patient Version (WAI-P; Horvath, 1981; Horvath \& Greenberg, 1986, 1989; Spanish validation by Andrade-González \& Fernández-Liria, 2015). It consists of 36 items with seven possible response options (1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = occasionally, 4 = sometimes, 5 = often, 6 = very often, 7 = always). The scoring range of the overall WAI-P is 36-252 points with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Change in Emotional Distress (HADS)
时间窗: Time 1: Baseline; Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (Zigmond \& Snaith, 1983; Spanish validation by Costa-Requena, Pérez Martín, Salamero Baró, \& Gil Moncayo, 2009). It consists of 14 items, 7 for anxiety and 7 for depression, on a four-point Likert scale (range 0-3), with the total score ranging from 0 to 42. Higher scores indicate a greater level of distress.
次要结局
- Healthcare utilization(Time 4: 12 months post-intervention)
- Infrastructure costs(Time 4: 12 months post-intervention)
- Change in Medication use and adherence (ARMS)(Time 1: Baseline; Time 2: Change between Time 1 and 3 months post-intervention; Time 3: Change between Time 1 and 6 months post-intervention; Time 4: Change between Time 1 and 12 months post-intervention)
- Work absenteeism(Time 4: 12 months post-intervention)
- Transport costs(Time 4: 12 months post-intervention)
- Professionals' salaries(Time 4: 12 months post-intervention)
研究者
Cristian Ochoa Arnedo
PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Institut Català d'Oncologia