Cancer Cachexia Clinical Trial
Official title:
PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION FOR THE ONCOLOGICAL PATIENT WITH CACHEXIA AND HIS CAREGIVER: A FEASIBILITY STUDY
Verified date | October 2023 |
Source | Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
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.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 24 |
Est. completion date | September 30, 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | March 1, 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Age of 18 years or older - Good command of the Italian language - Written informed consent - Histologically confirmed tumor diagnosis - Presence of irreversible cachexia and cachexia (ESPEN3-5 guidelines, MUST calculation) - Patients who have identified a caregiver - Patients and family members are informed of the diagnosis and the objectives of the therapies and who have reported awareness of the disease phase (evaluated by the palliative doctor). Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with prognosis less than three months to enable the rehabilitative intervention - Presence of important mental disorder or dementia - Severe sensory deficit - Presence of diffuse bone metastases that put the patient at risk of fracture during rehabilitation exercise. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Italy | Loredana Buonaccorso | Reggio Emilia | Emilia Romagna |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia |
Italy,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Feasibility of the intervention | The proportion of number of dyads who completed the intervention / involved dyads will be evaluated. Compliance will be assessed for each individual component (psycho-social and rehabilitative intervention). The overall intervention will be evaluated feasible if there is compliance greater than or equal to 50 percent to both interventions. | After 2 months | |
Secondary | Functional Assessment of Anorexia-Cachexia Therapy (FAACT) | Evaluation of anorexia-cachexia related distress. Each item is scored 0-4 (0=Not at all; 4= Very much). Higher scores indicating greater quality of life. | After 1 months | |
Secondary | Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) | Measurement of the caregiver's perceived burden of providing family. Each item is scored 0-4 (0=Never; 4=Nearly always). Total score ranging: 0-88. Higher scores indicating greater burden. | After 1 months | |
Secondary | Hand-Grip Strenght Test | Measurement of isometric muscle strength of the patient's upper limbs. The best out of three attempts is accounted for. | After 2 months | |
Secondary | 30 seconds sit-to stand test | Evaluation of functionally the strength of the lower limbs. The test counts the number of times the patient can get up from a chair without arms within a period of 30 second. | After 2 months | |
Secondary | Ad-hoc semi-structured interviews aimed at the dyad | Qualitative evaluation of the perception of the benefits, good adherence to the intervention or difficulties. | After 2 months | |
Secondary | Ad hoc semi-structured interviews with nurses and physiotherapists | Qualitative evaluation of the perception of the benefits or difficulties during the intervention. | After 2 months |
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