Integrative Care Training Program for Nurses on Supportive Cancer Care

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Clinical Trial Description

The integration of complementary medicine in supportive and palliative cancer care (i.e., Integrative Oncology) is becoming more prevalent in many of the leading oncology centers in Israel and worldwide. Guidelines for these practices, as established by the Society for Integrative Oncology, were adopted in 2018 by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The proposed study will be conducted within a pragmatic, randomized and controlled format, and will examine the impact of a nurse-guided intervention on 540 oncology patients undergoing Integrative Oncology treatments for quality of life (QOL)-related concerns during adjuvant/neo-adjuvant or curative/palliative treatments. Patients in both study arms will undergo patient-tailored integrative treatments, which will include manual and relaxation therapies, acupuncture and lifestyle changes. The integrative treatments will be provided by trained integrative oncology practitioners. Patients in the intervention arm of the study will receive additional nurse-guided instruction in the self-administration of manual therapies, relaxation, lifestyle changes and traditional medicine practices. The primary study outcome will be the assessment of the impact of the integrative treatment (with vs. without the nurse-guided intervention) on patient QOL-related concerns, from baseline to 48 hours following the intervention. For this purpose, two patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) will be administered: the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS) and the Measure Yourself Concern and Wellbeing (MYCAW) questionnaire. Secondary outcome measures will include the need for medications for supportive/palliative care-related indications (pain, nausea, anxiety/depression, constipation/diarrhea, etc.); and the rates of referral of patients to the services provided by the supportive/palliative care service. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03676153
Study type	Interventional
Source	Carmel Medical Center
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	November 15, 2018
Completion date	March 20, 2022

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