A Standardized Nursing Intervention Protocol for Pancreatic Cancer as a Chronic Illness
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 125
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Quality of life, psychological distress, symptom relief, geriatric assessment outcome, and resource use at 3 months
研究概览
简要总结
RATIONALE: Meeting with a nurse to assess symptoms and quality of life may be more effective than standard care in treating patients with pancreatic cancer.
PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying nurse-provided care to see how well it works compared with standard care in treating patients with pancreatic cancer.
详细描述
OBJECTIVES:
- To test the effects of an advanced practice nurse (APN) standardized nursing-intervention protocol (SNIP) model vs usual care on overall quality of life (QOL) and psychological distress from initial treatment to 6 months post diagnosis for patients with pancreatic cancer.
- To compare symptom control in these patients.
- To compare geriatric assessment outcomes in these patients.
- To test the effects of the SNIP intervention as compared to the usual care group on resource use by these patients.
- To test the effects of SNIP on patients' and clinicians' satisfaction with care.
- To describe the effects of SNIP on patients' management of transitions from one phase of chronic illness to another.
- To identify subgroups of these patients who benefit most from the SNIP in relation to sociodemographic characteristics, disease/treatment factors, and geriatric assessment predictors.
- To obtain feedback from clinicians regarding interpretation of findings and application to the routine care of pancreatic cancer patients.
OUTLINE: Patients are sequentially enrolled to 1 of 2 groups. Group 1 is enrolled during months 4-21 and group 2 during months 25-54.
- Group 1 (usual care): Patient questionnaires are administered at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. The clinicians' satisfaction with care is also evaluated.
- Group 2 (advanced practice nurse [APN] intervention): Patients are accrued by an APN. Patients meet with the APN periodically to assess their physical well-being including ambulatory care needed, care of physical symptoms (i.e., pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting), and psychological well-being. Questionnaires are administered at baseline and at 3 and 6 months.
In both groups, questionnaires include the FACT-Hep, Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale, Psychological Distress Thermometer, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, and Patient Satisfaction with Intervention. Clinicians also complete questionnaires. Patients' medical charts are also reviewed.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- •Diagnosis of pancreatic cancer (all stages)
- •PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- •Admitted to City of Hope National Medical Center
- •Resides within a 30-mile radius of the medical center
- •No prior cancer
- •PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- •No prior therapy
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of life, psychological distress, symptom relief, geriatric assessment outcome, and resource use at 3 months
次要结局
- Long-term impact at 6 months