Improved support for regional and remote paediatric oncology families: a randomised controlled trial of videotelephony

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000487516

Enrollment

162

Registered

2006-11-27

Start date

2007-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To undertake a formal clinical trial using videotelephony to support regional and remote families returning home with a child newly diagnosed with cancer

Interventions

Intervention group: Access to usual support plus education, communication, counselling and monitoring with specialist multidisciplinary team members via a videotelephone service for a 12-week period following first discharge home. In addition, the videotelephone will be available to family members to facilitate intra-family support during inpatient stays

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

2 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Newly diagnosed male or female paediatric oncology patients and their families.

Exclusion criteria

Patients were a home telephone connection of satisfactory quality cannot be installed.

Outcome results