Clinical trial · Interventional
Developing and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Team-Based Care Approach (ITCA-ThyCa) for Thyroid Cancer Patients
Developing and Implementing an Interdisciplinary Team-Based Care Approach (ITCA-ThyCa) For Newly Diagnosed Thyroid Cancer Patients: Randomized Controlled 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)
While thyroid cancer is generally associated with a favourable prognosis, there is a discrepancy with how important if not traumatic its impact can be on patients. Quality of life (QoL) decreases in the year following a thyroid cancer diagnosis, constituting an optimal period for a preventive intervention. The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of offering an interdisciplinary team-based care approach for newly diagnosed thyroid cancer patients, including a dedicated nurse who will provide important psychoeducational elements identified in previous focus group studies of thyroid cancer patients, i.e., information on: the physical illness; the emotional impact of being newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer; surgery and its' short- and long-term consequences; radioactive iodine treatments and its associated safety precautions, nutrition and dietary considerations; and how the cancer diagnosis can be an opportunity to make important lifestyle changes and establish new life-priorities.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thyroid Cancer | Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interdisciplinary Team-Based Approach | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care Control | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Interdisciplinary Team-Based Approach
- description
- The delivered intervention will be to provide patients with an interdisciplinary team-based approach defined as care provided by a variety of professionals, each having their own domain of expertise, defined roles and responsibilities, who work together and meet to discuss patient needs and develop comprehensive treatment plans. Team composition will include physicians, a dedicated nurse, and allied professionals (e.g., dieticians, social workers, psychologists). The dedicated nurse will have a central integrative role in this interdisciplinary team and will provide patients with information about their illness and treatment, symptom management, emotional support, and reference to other resources when needed
- interventionNames
- Other: Interdisciplinary Team-Based Approach
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Usual Care Control Group
- description
- Patients in the control group will be provided with usual care, comprised of meetings with surgeons and endocrinologists. All patients in this study will be provided with an information website containing information on their cancer, treatments, and treatment side-effects.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Newly diagnosed with a first occurrence of thyroid cancer \<2-4 weeks of diagnosis (i.e., histologically confirmed thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, or medullary type; TNM classification system); * Willing to participate in the EG meetings; * \>18 years; * Alert and capable of giving free and informed consent; * Able to speak and read English or French. Exclusion Criteria: * Anaplastic thyroid cancer; * Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score \<60 (rated by the Research Coordinator (RC) or referring physician) or expected survival \<6 months according to clinical judgment.
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