A Web-Based Dyadic Intervention for Colorectal Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05663203

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

56 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-01

Study Completion Date

2027-10-01

Brief Summary

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This clinical trial studies how well a web-based dyadic intervention works to manage psychoneurological symptoms for patients with colorectal cancer and their caregivers. Patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy experience severe and distressing psychoneurological symptoms that include fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance, pain, and cognitive dysfunction. When these co-occurring symptoms are undertreated, they negatively affect functional status, survival rates, and quality of life of patients as well as decrease health outcomes of their family caregiver. A critical need exists to develop an effective and novel intervention that focuses on patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers. A web-based dyadic intervention holds great promise to reduce psychoneurological symptoms burden and improve quality of life for patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and advance intervention development and implementation in cancer supportive care and health equity.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To develop a web-based dyadic intervention for patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers (CRCweb).

Ia. Determine tailored contents by identifying needs and supports for a web-based dyadic intervention using interviews with patient-caregiver dyads (n=8); Ib. Develop a prototype of a web-based dyadic intervention program (CRCweb); Ic. Test the usability (e.g., design, navigation, structure, language) of CRCweb prototype using interviews with 4 dyads (in Aim Ia).

II. Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of CRCweb for patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers in 20 dyads in a pilot clinical trial.

III. Evaluate the preliminary effects of CRCweb on the primary outcome (i.e., attrition, adherence, acceptability, fatigue, depression, sleep disturbance, pain, and cognitive dysfunction) and secondary outcomes (i.e., quality of life) for patients with colorectal cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers in 20 dyads in a pilot clinical trial.

OUTLINE:

Patients and caregivers attend a CRCweb intervention over 8 weeks. Patients and caregivers complete interviews and surveys throughout the trial.

Conditions

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Colorectal Carcinoma

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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Supportive care (CRCWeb intervention)

Patients and caregivers attend a CRCweb intervention over 8 weeks. Patients and caregivers complete interviews and surveys throughout the trial.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-Based Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Attend CRCWeb intervention

Interview

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete interview

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Complete survey

Electronic Health Record Review

Intervention Type OTHER

Medical records are reviewed

Interventions

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Internet-Based Intervention

Attend CRCWeb intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Interview

Complete interview

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Complete survey

Intervention Type OTHER

Electronic Health Record Review

Medical records are reviewed

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Patients:

* Age \>= 18 years
* Diagnosed with colorectal cancer
* Life expectancy \> 12 months
* Receiving active chemotherapy
* Self-reported at least two psychoneurological symptoms (based on the symptom measures' cutoff scores)
* Identified primary caregiver (i.e., family members or significant others identified by the patients as their primary source of emotional and physical support)
* Access to the Internet
* Fluent in English

Caregivers:

* Age \>= 18 years
* Primary caregiver
* Access to the Internet
* Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria

Patients:

• Karnofsky Performance Scale \< 50

Caregivers:

• Have severe diseases (e.g., cancer, heart disease)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Oncology Nursing Society

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Emory University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yufen Lin

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Yufen Lin, PhD, RN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute

Locations

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Emory University/Winship Cancer Institute

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Yufen Lin, PhD, RN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 404-712-9823

Email: [email protected]

Canhua Xiao, PhD, RN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 404-712-9823

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Yufen Lin, PhD, RN

Role: primary

References

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Lin Y, Porter LS, Chee W, Alese OB, Curseen KA, Higgins MK, Northouse L, Xiao C. A Web-Based Dyadic Intervention to Manage Psychoneurological Symptoms for Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Caregivers: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jun 28;12:e48499. doi: 10.2196/48499.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37379055 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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STUDY00004750

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

EU5733-22

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2022RE03

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id