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NCT number NCT05670938
Other study ID # NL78539.078.21
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date November 30, 2022
Est. completion date December 2030

Study information

Verified date February 2023
Source Erasmus Medical Center
Contact Lissa Wullaert, MD
Phone +316107042125
Email l.wullaert@erasmusmc.nl
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The currently developed implementation study aims to evaluate if a patient-led home-based follow-up approach is successful, improves quality of life, reduces anxiety and lessens fear of cancer recurrence during the years after treatment of certain types of testicular cancer.


Description:

Testicular cancer represents 1% of male neoplasms and 5% of all urological tumours. In 2021, 828 new patients in the Netherlands were diagnosed with testicular cancer. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among young men aged 20-39 years in the Netherlands and incidence is rising. Follow-up after treatment of testicular cancer consists of tumour marker assessment during hospital visits and multiple types of imaging at certain time points. Frequent hospital visits have significant impact on patients' lives, as in-hospital visits evoke distress around the time of visits. Home-based follow-up could be beneficial in terms of patients' well-being and societal cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, during the COVID-19 pandemic hospital visitations are minimized to decrease the chance of COVID-19 exposure. Home-based blood sampling will allow patients to stay home and avoid crowded areas such as public transport and the hospital. Efforts to improve the current standard of follow-up in patients with testicular cancer should focus on ameliorating quality of life and cost-effectiveness. It provides an opportunity to support patients emotionally, to evaluate treatment effects and complications, and to inform them on their individual prognosis. This is especially true considering the growing importance of value-based healthcare and patient reported outcomes in medicine. The investigators therefore propose a patient-led home-based follow-up approach. This follow-up strategy primarily consists of tumour marker level monitoring at home and imaging performed in-hospital, but additional counselling/diagnostic testing remains possible if desired by patients. In this way the investigators hope to meet the individual needs of patients during follow-up and to improve quality of life outcomes, while achieving equal or greater societal cost-effectiveness.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 145
Est. completion date December 2030
Est. primary completion date December 2030
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Male
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Age = 18 years. - Histologically confirmed testicular cancer without distant metastasis and treated with curative intent less than 3 months ago: 1. Non-seminomatous germ cell tumours, stage I low risk: - No lymphadenopathy or metastases on the postoperative scan. - Three consecutive blood drawings with normal tumour markers. - Patients undergoing lymph node dissection as a second curative operation after an orchiectomy, can also be included in case that the postoperative scan shows no residual disease or metastases. 2. Non-seminomatous germ cell tumours, stage I high risk: - After completion of one cycle of Bleomycin, etoposide and platinum (BEP). - Biochemical remission at completion of chemotherapy, meaning three consecutive blood drawings with normal tumour markers. - No lymphadenopathy or metastases on the CT scan after completion of chemotherapy. 3. Seminomatous or non-seminomatous germ cell tumours (after chemotherapy) with complete remission. - Biochemical remission at completion of chemotherapy, meaning three consecutive blood drawings with normal tumour markers. - No lymphadenopathy or metastases on the CT scan after completion of chemotherapy. - Scheduled or currently undergoing postoperative surveillance according to national and European guidelines. - Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with aberrant levels of LDH preoperatively (LDH >248 U/L). - Patients enrolled in other studies that require strict adherence to any specific follow-up practice with regular imaging - yearly or more frequent - of the abdomen and/or thorax - Patients with comorbidity or other malignancy that requires imaging of the abdomen and/or thorax every year or more frequent - Inability to complete the questionnaires due to illiteracy and/or insufficient proficiency of the Dutch language

Study Design


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Locations

Country Name City State
Netherlands Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam Zuid-Holland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Erasmus Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Successful implementation Patient-led follow-up will be considered successful if the used optional follow up rate is below 75%. Year 8 (after the last follow-up moment of the last included patient)
Secondary Successful home-based sampling Defined as 25% or more of all scheduled or optional tumour marker assessments actually performed in blood collected by the patients themselves using the self-administered blood-sampling kit Year 8
Secondary Quality of life of testicular cancer patients Measured by the EORTC Core Quality of Life questionnaire (QLQ-C30). All scales and single-item measures range from 0-100 and are calculated using their respective formulas. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Year 8
Secondary Health-related quality of life Measured by the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire - Testicular Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-TC26). All scales and single-item measures range from 0-100 and are calculated using their respective formulas. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Year 8
Secondary Momentary quality of life Measured by ecological momentary assessment using the Global health status of the EORTC QLQ-C30. The 2 items are scored on a Likert-scale from 1 to 7. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Year 8
Secondary Anxiety Measured by The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory: Six-Item Short-form (STAI-6). The STAI-6 comprises of 6 items, each scored on a Likert-scale from 1-4. The final score ranges from 20-80 and is calculated by adding up the score of all single items (positive items are reverse scored) and multiplying by 20/6. Higher scores mean a better outcome. Year 8
Secondary Fear of cancer recurrence Measured by the Assessment of Survivor Concerns - Cancer Worry subscale (ASC-CW). The total score is calculated by adding up the individual items and ranges from 3-12. Higher scores mean a worse outcome. Year 8
Secondary Cost-effectiveness of a patient-led home-based follow-up The primary effect measure for the economic evaluation will be quality of life, using the The European Quality of Life Five Dimension Five Level Scale (EQ-5D-5L) as a basis for measuring utility. The EQ-5D-5L consists of five levels (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression), each scored on a Likert-scale from 1-5 and a visual analogue scale (VAS) scored from 0-100. The total score can be converted into an index value to be used in QALY analysis by ways of an index value calculator taking into account country-specific reference values. Year 8
Secondary Relation between coping style and follow-up preferences Measured by the Threatening Medical Situations Inventory (TMSI). Total monitoring and blunting scores are obtained by summing up the relevant items, ranging from 12-60. Year 8
Secondary Satisfaction of the patient-led home-based follow-up By a two-item questionnaire at the last follow-up. The first question about satisfaction consists of a scale from 1 to 10. Higher score means a better outcome. The second question is an open question whether the patient has ideas to improve the follow-up. Year 8
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