IMPLEMENT - Model Project for Quality-assured Exercise Therapy for Cancer Patients

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-02-28

Brief Summary

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IMPLEMENT aims to develop, test and establish a sustainable access structure for quality-assured oncological exercise therapy (qOET) in Germany as a model within the funding period of three years. This will be done in three phases:

Phase 1: In the first step, a characterization of the existing implementation structures and the existing barriers and needs as well as the establishment of the cooperation with the most important actors in the care system will take place.

Phase 2: In the subsequent implementation process, concrete measures are practically implemented in subprojects for specific target groups (children/adolescents, adults) and specific regions (rural, urban) as well as the digital solutions and interface management. With the help of a mixed-methods design, the barriers and facilitating factors of the implementation of area-wide qSBT will be investigated during the project and fed into a "learning system" for adaptation and improvement.

Phase 3: The success of the measures to increase patient participation in qOET and the development of the structures as well as the barrier and facilitating factors for an effective implementation will be addressed in a before-after comparison through evaluation steps and an economic accompanying evaluation will be carried out.

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Detailed Description

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IMPLEMENT is an exploratory, open-label, non-randomized, mixed-methods study. No additional treatments or therapies that can influence the course of the disease are provided to the participating patients. Rather, various implementation strategies will be developed to bring more patients into the existing quality-assures oncological exercise therapy (qOET), to further develop other exercise and sports offers for qOET or to create completely new offers of qOET. The implementation strategies are examined with regard to their degree of effectiveness. The effectiveness is determined by means of a before-and-after comparison (e.g. number of patients in qOET at baseline) and, if applicable, with comparable studies. IMPLEMENT is evaluated using the RE-AIM framework. The aim of the data collection carried out in IMPLEMENT is to provide the necessary data for the evaluation with RE-AIM on the one hand, and to provide information for the development and adaptation of suitable implementation strategies on the other.

Risks to achieving the objectives include the willingness of patients to participate in qOET and the willingness of doctors, therapists and other people working in oncological care to implement the interventions and to expand and adapt their professional activities accordingly. To address these challenges, a mixed-methods approach is used to identify barriers and facilitators. A mixed-methods approach enables a theoretical understanding of the implementation process and provides a more comprehensive picture of the factors relevant to successful implementation than qualitative or exclusively quantitative methods alone.

Conditions

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Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

explorative, open, non-randomised mixed-methods study

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cancer Patients and Parents of Cancer Patients

Children: Age 5-12 years Parents of children with cancer Teenager: Age 13-17 years Parents of teenager with cancer AYAs: Adolescence and young adults: Age 18-39 years Adults: \> 40 years

Group Type OTHER

Cancer Patients; Institutions and their employees in the treatment and/or counseling of cancer patients

Intervention Type OTHER

The study population will be surveyed at 3 yearly measurement time points by means of questionnaires and interviews on attitudes, barrier and support factors for participation in exercise therapy.

Interventions

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Cancer Patients; Institutions and their employees in the treatment and/or counseling of cancer patients

The study population will be surveyed at 3 yearly measurement time points by means of questionnaires and interviews on attitudes, barrier and support factors for participation in exercise therapy.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with cancer
* Healthcare providers (e.g. Medical Doctors, physiotherapists, nurses, psychologists) involved in the treatment and/or counseling of cancer patients, including aftercare.

Exclusion Criteria

* Psychological and/or physical limitations that do not allow participation in quality-assured sports and exercise therapy (e.g. unstable cardiac arrhythmias)

Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No