EXPERIMENTAL STUDY A.R.C.O. (CANCER CAREGIVER REMOTE ASSISTANCE)TELEHEALTH HOME MEDICATION VS/OUTPATIENT MEDICATION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER PICC (PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER)

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY A.R.C.O. (CANCER CAREGIVER REMOTE ASSISTANCE) TELEASSISTED HOME DRESSING VS/ OUTPATIENT DRESSING OF PICC CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER (PERIPHERAL INSERTION CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05880420

Acronym

ARCO

Enrollment

Registered

2023-05-30

Start date

2021-07-07

Completion date

2021-08-16

Last updated

2023-06-18

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Conditions

Infections

Brief summary

Cancer patients need central venous access according to the different types of chemotherapy and support drugs for their treatment path. The presence of a central vascular access brings mechanical issues, thrombotic and infectious complications that can undermine the patient's health and the life of the catheter, therefore the management of venous accesses is clinically relevant. The prevention of infections remains mainly based on correct hand washing and compliance with aseptic techniques. This is a multicenter intervention study is composed by a single experimental arm (home) and a calibration arm (outpatient). The study is designed to evaluate that the complication rate recorded in the two groups are similar.

Interventions

DEVICECaregiver operations with medication accessories

After at least an initial outpatient medication (24/72 hours), home medication every 7 days (caregiver) for a total of 10 weeks.

DEVICENurse operations with medication accessories

Outpatient medication every week (for a total of 10 weeks). Patients adhering to this arm will be followed at the IGAV nursing clinic of the IFOs.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Share patient choice * availability at the patient's home at least once a week * availability during on line appointment time with the tutor/video

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Acceptability	10 weeks	To compare the incidence of complications found in peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) management in outpatient (calibration arm) vs home management to test the hypothesis that the incidence of catheter-related complications in the home management group is not higher than that observed in the outpatient group.

Countries

Italy

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026