Clinical trial · Observational
Effect of a Symptom Diary on Symptom Care and Symptom Burden in Patients Treated With Chemotherapy: a Before-and-after-study
Effect of the Implementation of a Symptom Diary on the Symptom Care Received and the Symptom Burden Experienced by Adult Cancer Patients Treated With Chemotherapy: A Before-and-after-study
- 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 study investigates whether the implementation of a symptom diary for reporting and communicating chemotherapy-related symptoms improves symptom care and decreases symptom burden in adult patients treated with chemotherapy. The hypothesis is studied using a before-and-after design. First, symptom care and symptom burden will be observed in a sample of patients not being offered a symptom diary. Next, the symptom diary will be implemented at the participating hospital and symptom care and symptom burden will now be observed in a new sample of chemotherapy patients.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anorexia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Etcetera | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nausea | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Vomiting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
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Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Before group, no diary
- label
- After group, with symptom diary
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- symptom distress
- timeFrame
- T1 (cycle 1, day 1), T2 (cycle 2, day 1), T3 (cycle 3, day 1), T4 (cycle 5, day 1)
- description
- for each of 9 symptoms: how distressing was the symptom perceived by the patient? (ordinal variable)
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- symptom severity
- timeFrame
- T1 (cycle 1, day 1), T2 (cycle 2, day 1), T3 (cycle 3, day 1), T4 (cycle 5, day 1)
- description
- for each of 9 symptoms: how severe was the symptom? (ordinal variable)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (\>18) patients with (any type of) cancer treated with chemotherapy * Understanding Dutch * Being able to sign Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * More than 3 lines of chemotherapy treatment in the past
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