To enhance return-to-work in cancer patients.

To enhance return-to-work in cancer patients - a randomised controlled trial.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON21373

Enrollment

300

Registered

2009-02-04

Start date

2009-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cancer Kanker

Interventions

A vocational rehabilitation intervention. Patients in the control group will be counselled according to usual care and patients in the intervention group will be counselled according to a special deve

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary diagnosis of cancer with a one year survival rate of approximately 80% and treatment with curative intent; 2. Age between 18 and 60 years; 3. Paid employment at the time of diagnosis; 4. Sick listed.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Not able to understand, speak, read or write Dutch sufficiently; 2. Severe mental disorder or other severe co-morbidity; 3. Primary diagnosis of cancer has been made more than two months ago; 4. Patients who visit the hospital for a second opinion; 5. Primary diagnosis of testis cancer; 6. Primary diagnosis of non-melanoma or melanoma skin cancer.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Return-to-work and quality of life.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Work ability; 2. Work limitations; 3. Feasibility; 4. Direct/indirect costs of the intervention.	—

Contacts

Public ContactS.J. Tamminga

S.J.Tamminga@amc.uva.nl+31 (0)20-566 3279

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)