The Effects of Aggressive Patient Management on Cancer Therapy Management

Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Aggressive Patient Management on Cancer Therapy Management

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00962572
• Other study ID #: 2008-0093
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 18, 2009
• Last updated: April 6, 2012
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2012
• Source: University of Mississippi Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A study to see if coordinated aggressive patient management will improve patient treatment outcomes and is cost effective.

Description:

This is an observational study of the effects of aggressive patient management. The records of 50 patients treated under the aggressive management plan will be matched with the records of 50 previous patients and attempts made to assess the improvement, if any, found. Statistical analysis will compare the outcomes of the study group and the matched control group for initial completion of planned therapy as per prescription, weight loss during therapy, intercurrent illness, and intercurrent hospitalizations. Long term analysis will compare the study group's outcomes (compared to expected outcomes) compared to the matched control group.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• live 45 minutes from treatment facility

• family income less than 200% federal poverty guideline

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Patient management
Aggressive patient management will be implemented by a corps of "patient manager" volunteers backed by a transportation, nutrition, and social services network. The social services professionals will work with the volunteers to establish the support needed for each patient. The volunteer managers will in turn constantly monitor that such support is addressing the patient's ability to be treated. Access to sponsored housing will be coordinated. Nutritional support will be coordinated by the Dietary department and will consist of counseling, and supplements when necessary. Provision of supplemental feeding for housed patients will be arranged.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Mississippi Radiation Oncology	Jackson	Mississippi

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To test effects of intensive patient management on patient's compliance with referral and subsequent treatment protocol.		1 year	No
Secondary	To test if increased compliance results in better therapy outcomes and fewer complications of the disease process as evidenced by increased survival and fewer intercurrent hospitalizations.		1 year	No