Feasibility Study of a Nurse Intervention to Impact Mucositis Severity and Prevent Dehydration

NCT ID: NCT03416582

Last Updated: 2019-09-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

11 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-11-29

Study Completion Date

2019-08-22

Brief Summary

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This is a descriptive mixed method pilot study to determine the feasibility of a tailored nurse-delivered telephone intervention designed to impact mucositis symptom severity and prevent dehydration in lung and head/neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation, therefore reducing overall symptom severity and improving quality of life. Secondary purposes for this study are to investigate if the nursing intervention can decrease lung and head/neck cancer patients' unscheduled medical visits between chemoradiation treatments.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Lung Cancer Mucositis Oral Dehydration Head and Neck Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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SMENC Group

The Symptom Management Education and Nurse Coaching (SMENC) intervention is a one hour in-person face-to-face education session followed by twice weekly telephone calls conducted all throughout the patient's chemoradiation treatment regimen.

During the telephone call, the patient will report the use of the Drinks Diary.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Symptom Management Education and Nurse Coaching

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The registered nurse (RN) will teach good mouth care and management of sore mouth or throat (mucositis) symptoms to the patient for self-management at home. The RN will then call the patient twice every week to continue educating and coaching the patient about the mucositis self-management. The patient will receive the Symptom Management (SxM) Toolkit which is a written educational guide known as the "Cancer Treatment Symptom Management Education Toolkit" geared to help the patient manage their symptoms of sore mouth and throat at home in order to prevent dehydration.

Drinks Diary

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The patient will complete the Drinks Diary daily by recording the all oral fluid ingested and also record the number of times the bathroom is used.

Interventions

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Symptom Management Education and Nurse Coaching

The registered nurse (RN) will teach good mouth care and management of sore mouth or throat (mucositis) symptoms to the patient for self-management at home. The RN will then call the patient twice every week to continue educating and coaching the patient about the mucositis self-management. The patient will receive the Symptom Management (SxM) Toolkit which is a written educational guide known as the "Cancer Treatment Symptom Management Education Toolkit" geared to help the patient manage their symptoms of sore mouth and throat at home in order to prevent dehydration.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Drinks Diary

The patient will complete the Drinks Diary daily by recording the all oral fluid ingested and also record the number of times the bathroom is used.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Non-Small Cell or Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer OR Head \& Neck Cancer
* Over 18 years old
* Eligible for concurrent Chemoradiation in the first line setting
* Eastern Cooperative Group 0-2 (able to complete Activity of Daily Living (ADLs) independently or with assistive device only)
* Able to read \& write English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

* Under 18 years old
* Underlying Anxiety or Depression (must pass screening tools)
* Medically Diagnosed with a Cognitive Impairment
* No prior Chemotherapy or Radiation treatment
* No access to a telephone
* Blind or Deaf or Illiterate
* Requires assistance with Self-Care ADLs
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Miami

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Raphael Yechieli

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Raphael Yechieli, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Miami

Locations

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University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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20180475

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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