Clinical trial · Interventional
Improving Symptom Management for Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers Through Internet
Improving Symptom Management for Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers Through Internet Support: A Randomized Clinical Trial
- 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)
Being diagnosed and treated for cancer is usually associated with severe side effects and symptoms. Cancer patients can have difficulty to manage the symptoms as a result of treatment which may cause i) an interruption or cessation of cancer treatment ii) can have a negative impact on patients' quality of life (QoL). Family caregivers (FCs) of cancer patients are often the primary source of social and emotional support for patients, and play major roles in how well patients manage with the consequences of illness and treatment. Thus, FCs are clinically important, since supporting FCs indirectly supports patients. To help both cancer patients and their FCs to manage their symptoms, our center has developed WebChoice now called Connect, an internet based support system that extends traditional health services into cancer patients' homes. Connect provides individualized symptom management support, illness relevant information, and communication with a clinical nurse specialist in cancer care, as well as with other cancer patients and their FCs over the Internet. The objectives of this interdisciplinary research project are to test main and interaction effects of providing Connect to patients, to FCs or both simultaneously on 1) primary patient outcomes in terms of symptom distress, QoL, depression, fatigue and sleep 2) Primary FC outcomes in terms of symptom distress, QoL, depression, fatigue, sleep and FC burden 3) Secondary, or intermediate, patient and FC outcomes in terms of self-efficacy social support, and self-reported health care utilization.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet communication application | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Internet communication application
- description
- Experiment 1 Effect of internet support program on cancer patients and their caregivers
- interventionNames
- Other: Internet communication application
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- Control group get usual care
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Change from the Baseline in severity and duration of HRQoL
- timeFrame
- Baseline, 3 og 6 months
- measure
- Change from the baseline in severity and duration of depression
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 90 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosed and treated for cancer; * \> 18 years of age, * able to read/write/speak Norwegian, * written informed consent, and * have a FC who is willing to participate. FCs will be the individual the patient identifies as being most involved in their care. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients received cranial radiation or who have brain metastasis
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDSygna K, Johansen S, Ruland CM. Recruitment challenges in clinical research including cancer patients and their caregivers. A randomized controlled trial study and lessons learned. Trials. 2015 Sep 25;16:428. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0948-y. PMID 26407547