Changes in Patient Reported Constipation Among Advanced Cancer Patients After Receiving an Educational Intervention

NCT ID: NCT02422329

Last Updated: 2018-03-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-04-30

Study Completion Date

2018-03-07

Brief Summary

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The goal of this research study is to learn how patients' think about constipation before and after receiving education about the subject.

Detailed Description

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If participant agrees to take part in the study, information about them (such as their age, gender, ethnicity, religion, diagnosis, and drugs they are currently taking) will be collected from their medical record.

Participant will also complete 1 questionnaire about constipation. It should take about 1-3 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

After completing the questionnaire, participant will be randomly assigned (as in the flip of a coin) to 1 of 2 study groups. This is done because no one knows if one study group is better, the same, or worse than the other group. Participant will have an equal chance of being in either group.

* If participant is assigned to Group 1, they will watch a short educational video.
* If participant is assigned to Group 2, they will read a fact sheet.

Both the video and the fact sheet describe symptoms of constipation and the importance of regular bowel movements. They should take about 3 minutes each to complete.

After participant has viewed the educational material, they will complete 3 questionnaires about constipation and how helpful they think the video or fact sheet was in educating them about constipation. It should take about 10 minutes total to complete these questionnaires. Participant will watch the video/read the fact sheet and complete the questionnaires in their room at the Supportive Care Clinic.

Length of Study:

Patient's participation on this study will be over after they have completed the last 3 questionnaires.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 200 participants will be enrolled in the study. All will take part at MD Anderson.

Conditions

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Advanced Cancers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Educational Video

Participants complete self-administered numerical rating scale (NRS) constipation questionnaire at baseline. Participants watch a 3-minute educational video describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements. Participants then complete three self-administered questionnaires, post-educational material, Modified Rome III questionnaire, and Overall satisfaction of the educational material.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Questionnaires

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants complete questionnaires at baseline and after intervention.

Video

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants watch a 3-minute educational video describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements.

Fact Sheet

Participants complete self-administered numerical rating scale (NRS) constipation questionnaire at baseline. Participants read educational material describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements. Participants then complete three self-administered questionnaires, post-educational material, Modified Rome III questionnaire, and Overall satisfaction of the educational material.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Questionnaires

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants complete questionnaires at baseline and after intervention.

Fact Sheet

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants read educational material describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements.

Interventions

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Questionnaires

Participants complete questionnaires at baseline and after intervention.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Video

Participants watch a 3-minute educational video describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Fact Sheet

Participants read educational material describing symptoms of constipation and importance of regular bowel movements.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Surveys

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with diagnosis of advanced cancer, including recurrent, locally advanced, or metastatic cancer
2. Age \>/= 18 years old
3. Patients must be able to understand, read, write, and speak English
4. Patients must have no clinical evidence of cognitive impairment as determined by the palliative care physician (Memorial Delirium Assessment Score \>/= 7)
5. Patients must sign an informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, i.e. Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
2. Patients with complete or partial bowel obstruction as determined by the palliative care physician
3. Patients with a bowel ostomy
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Eduardo Bruera, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Locations

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2015-00734

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2015-0111

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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