Clinical trial · Observational
A Qualitative Study Into How Patients Deal With Chemotherapy-related Side Effects at Home
A Qualitative Study Into How Patients With Cancer Deal With Chemotherapy-Related Side Effects at Home
NCT01867489CI-TRIAL-00016089completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This qualitative study explores how patients deal with the side effects from chemotherapy at their home, what factors and ideas influence their symptom self-management and how professional caregivers contribute to the management of their symptoms at home. Data are collected through semi-structured interviews with adult patients treated with chemotherapy and analysed using a Grounded Theory approach.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration of How Patients Deal With Side Effects From Chemotherapy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| No intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Chemotherapy, Cancer
- description
- Adult cancer patients (with any type of cancer) being treated with chemotherapy
- interventionNames
- Other: No intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- patient's experience
- timeFrame
- one interview during the course of treatment, i.e. one timepoint between 2 months after the start of chemotherapy and the end of the patient's treatment
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (≥18 years) patients with (any type and any stage of) cancer who were undergoing chemotherapy treatment in an ambulatory setting or during short hospital stays * Dutch speaking * Able to provide informed consent and to participate in an interview Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who were in the first 2 cycles of treatment * Patients for whom an interview was considered physically, mentally and/or emotionally too burdensome. * Patients who had reported not to experience any side effect from treatment at all
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