Clinical trial · Interventional
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY A.R.C.O. (CANCER CAREGIVER REMOTE ASSISTANCE)TELEHEALTH HOME MEDICATION VS/OUTPATIENT MEDICATION OF CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER PICC (PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER)
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY A.R.C.O. (CANCER CAREGIVER REMOTE ASSISTANCE) TELEASSISTED HOME DRESSING VS/ OUTPATIENT DRESSING OF PICC CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER (PERIPHERAL INSERTION CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER)
- 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)
Cancer patients need central venous access according to the different types of chemotherapy and support drugs for their treatment path. The presence of a central vascular access brings mechanical issues, thrombotic and infectious complications that can undermine the patient's health and the life of the catheter, therefore the management of venous accesses is clinically relevant. The prevention of infections remains mainly based on correct hand washing and compliance with aseptic techniques. This is a multicenter intervention study is composed by a single experimental arm (home) and a calibration arm (outpatient). The study is designed to evaluate that the complication rate recorded in the two groups are similar.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infections | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caregiver operations with medication accessories | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Nurse operations with medication accessories | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 1 - home group
- interventionNames
- Device: Caregiver operations with medication accessories
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm 2 - outpatient calibration
- interventionNames
- Device: Nurse operations with medication accessories
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Acceptability
- timeFrame
- 10 weeks
- description
- To compare the incidence of complications found in peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) management in outpatient (calibration arm) vs home management to test the hypothesis that the incidence of catheter-related complications in the home management group is not higher than that observed in the outpatient group.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
* Share patient choice * availability at the patient's home at least once a week * availability during on line appointment time with the tutor/video
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDBasili P, Farina I, Terrenato I, Centini J, Volpe N, Rizzo V, Agoglia L, Paterniani A, Aprea P, Calignano P, Petrone F, Ciliberto G. Remote Assisted Home Dressing vs. Outpatient Medication of Central Venous Catheter (Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter): Clinical Trial A.R.C.O. (Remote Assistance Oncology Caregiver). Nurs Rep. 2024 Jun 11;14(2):1468-1476. doi: 10.3390/nursrep14020110. PMID 38921720