Designing, implementing and evaluating de-centralized cancer services: Patient navigation and psychosocial intervention in the routine cancer care in Ethiopia (A cluster randomized controlled trial)

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202504724043322

Enrollment

596

Registered

2025-04-24

Start date

2021-07-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Cancer Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

The routine service at cancer center

Psychosocial service package

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - All newly diagnosed breast, cervical, colorectal and prostate cancer patients and those cancer cases who have received surgical treatment in other hospitals and referred to those twelve hospitals for further Treatment from January – September 2021 - = 18 years - Both clinically and pathologically confirmed

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria - Those cancer patients who are severely ill during data collection time - Those cancer patients with severe form of psychiatric disorders like schizopherenia and bipolar disorders.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
-Quality of life at baseline (before the intervention) -Common mental disorders at baseline (before the intervention)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Adherence to surgical procedures immediately as indicated - Adherence to hormonal therapy (Breast and prostate) after 1 year - Survival of patients at 2 years	—

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactAdamu Addissie

Associate Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology School of Public Health Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa Ethiopia

adamuaddissie@gmail.com+251911404954

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026