Clinical trial · Interventional
Nurse-led Care Program for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy Day Center
A Nurse-led Care Program on Quality of Life and Health Care Utilization for Cancer Patients in a Chemotherapy Day Center: A 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)
A nurse-led care program for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy in an outpatient setting was formulated. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of this nurse-led care program on cancer patients who received neo-adjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy in a chemotherapy day center in terms of quality of life, symptom experiences, self-efficacy, health care utilization, and satisfaction with care. Specifically, the objectives are: * To compare the differences of health care utilization between the two arms. * To compare the differences of cancer patients' satisfaction with care between the two arms. * To explore the experiences of cancer patients in the intervention arm. * To understand the experiences of the intervention nurses of the program and their opinions on further development.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Colorectal Neoplasms | Colorectal Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse-led care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Routine care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nurse-led care
- description
- Subjects in the nurse-led care arm received nurse-led care and routine care.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Nurse-led care
- Behavioral: Routine care
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Routine care
- description
- Subjects in the routine care arm received routine care provided by the study hospital.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Routine care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in quality of life
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with primary breast /lung/stomach/colorectal cancer; * Receive chemotherapy for the first time; * Karnofsky performance scale equal or over 60; * Communicate with Cantonese and read Chinese; * Can be contacted with telephone. Exclusion Criteria: * Having a history of psychiatric or intellectual impairment such as: dementia, schizophrenia, mental retardation, depression, and anxiety disorder; * Having received CT before either in the study hospital or other hospital; * Receive concurrent chemoradiotherapy; * At the end stage of life.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLai XB, Ching SSY, Wong FKY, Leung CWY, Lee LH, Wong JSY, Lo YF. A Nurse-Led Care Program for Breast Cancer Patients in a Chemotherapy Day Center: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Cancer Nurs. 2019 Jan/Feb;42(1):20-34. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000539. PMID 28926349