Clinical trial · Interventional
Does a Nursing Intervention Improve Adherence to Oral Chemotherapies in the Outpatient Cancer Treatment Setting?
- 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 is being conducted by Bassett Healthcare Network in coordination with Bassett Cancer Institute. Patients prescribed oral chemotherapies will be approached to consider consent to this study. This study will try to establish if nursing interventions can help improve patients' adherence to taking their oral chemotherapies as prescribed by their doctor. Oral chemotherapies are emerging as a growing treatment of choice for many cancer diagnoses. Adherence to the prescribed treatment plan is very important to gain the best response to these types of treatments. The study will examine if nursing intervention via weekly phone calls may help improve adherence to oral chemotherapy treatment plans.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antineoplastic Agents | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| usual care | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| weekly telephone follow up | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Arm
- description
- This is a "usual care" group. Patients in this arm will receive the standard pre-drug initiation training and 4 week clinic follow up visit.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: usual care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention arm
- description
- Patients in this arm will also receive the standard pre-drug initiation training followed by telephone follow up by an oncology certified chemotherapy nurse (OCN) at week one, two, and three. Patients will then have the standard 4 week follow up clinic visit.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: weekly telephone follow up
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Oral chemotherapy compliance
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Must be \>= 18 years of age * Have a diagnosis of Cancer that will require an oral chemotherapy * Be treated at Bassett Medical Center Cancer Center * Must not be receiving radiation or infusional chemotherapy concomitantly with their oral chemotherapy Exclusion Criteria: * Being treated at satellite sites * Receiving radiation and/or infusional chemotherapy concurrently with oral chemotherapy * Due to impairment or other reasons, patient unable to provide consent or comply with survey.
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