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Conditions
Brief summary
This trial is the pilot randomised controlled trial to trial ACTRN12608000252314. The pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) will test a novel telephone-based supportive care intervention for people with colorectal cancer. The intervention involves five structured calls from a nurse to the patients over the 6 month period after discharge from surgery. The intervention aims to improve psychosocial outcomes for patients. This pilot study aims to assess the feasibilty and acceptability of the intervention and determine any impact on patient outcomes. If the results are positive, this telephone intervention will be evaluated in a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (RCT) and could be implemented broadly in both metropolitan and rural areas, and could be adapted for other groups of carers.
Interventions
A structured telephone intervention delivered by a cancer nurse. People diagnosed with colorectal cancer (colorectal Australian clinicopathological staging (ACPS) system A to D) will be asked to complete a baseline questionnaire during thier hospital admission. Patients will then be randomised into the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group will receive five telephone calls from the cancer nurse in the 6 months following their discharged from hospital (the first call i
A structured telephone intervention delivered by a cancer nurse. People diagnosed with colorectal cancer (colorectal Australian clinicopathological staging (ACPS) system A to D) will be asked to complete a baseline questionnaire during thier hospital admission. Patients will then be randomised into the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group will receive five telephone calls from the cancer nurse in the 6 months following their discharged from hospital (the first call is at Day 3 post-discharge and then the remaining four will be at Day 10 and then 1, 3 and 6 months post-discharge). Calls will vary in duration and be dependent on each individual patient's need. It is anticipated that calls will last about 20 minutes.
Sponsors
A/Prof Jane Young
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
To be eligible patients must be *over 18 years *diagnosed with primary colorectal cancer (ACPS A to D) * admitted for a surgical intervention with curative intent *have access to a telephone * have sufficient English skills (or have a person available to act as an interpreter) to participate *are able to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Patients will be ineligible to participate if they *do not have access to or are unable to use (eg due to deafness) a telephone *do not speak or read English (or have a person who can act as an interpreter) *plan to not reside in Australia for the next 6 months
Outcome results
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