Effectiveness of the CHESS eHealth Cancer Support Intervention in Population-based Care

Primary Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Using Technology to Enhance Cancer Communication and Improve Clinical Outcome: Effectiveness of the CHESS Ehealth Cancer Support Intervention in Population-Based Care Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01033162
• Other study ID #: H-2008-0222
• Secondary ID: 5P50CA095817XP08
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2009
• Est. completion date: August 2013

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study's aim is to provide information about the clinical and business cases for comprehensive interactive cancer communication systems (ICCS) in the context of real world use for cancer care.

This study will be conducted within the Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) healthcare system. Outcomes for this study include amount of ICCS use and women's ratings of cancer information competence, perceived social support, and emotional well being. Secondary outcomes will include healthcare utilization, cost-effectiveness, and clinician ratings of healthcare visits.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 368
• Est. completion date: August 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All subjects must be within 2 months of their primary breast cancer diagnosis,

• All subjects must be at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Illiterate

• Homeless

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Primary Breast Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Enhanced ICCS with KPNW web resources and the Comprehensive Health Enhancement Support System (CHESS.)
Half of the participating women will be randomly assigned to use an informative but static website (Basic ICCS), and half will be offered a fully interactive CHESS (Enhanced ICCS + the Basic ICCS). Study outcome data will be gathered from patients, clinicians, and the healthcare system (i.e., from the electronic medical record: EMR) for at least 8 months after study entry. We propose that the Enhanced ICCS relative to the Basic ICCS, will: Improve patients' sense of cancer information competence (perceived ability to obtain and use relevant information) Reduce patients' negative affect and increase their emotional well being Improve patients' sense of social support Improve patients' health self-efficacy Improve patients' ratings of experience with cancer specialty care services Improve patients' health related quality of life (HRQL) Improve clinicians' ratings of quality of patient contacts Reduce healthcare utilization and costs (obtained via the EMR)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Kaiser Permanente Northwest	Portland	Oregon

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Amount of ICCS use and women's ratings of cancer information competence, perceived social support, and emotional well being. Secondary outcomes will include healthcare utilization, cost-effectiveness, and clinician ratings of healthcare visits.		12 Months

External Links

•   University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center