Rehabilitation and Recovery for Persons With Esophageal or Gastric Cancer
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: evidence-based individualized rehabilitation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Esophageal Cancer, Esophageal Neoplasms, Gastric Cancer, Stomach Neoplasm. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Rehabilitation and Recovery for Persons With Esophageal or Gastric Cancer - a Clinical Trial Evaluating and Implementing a Model for Evidence-based Cancer Rehabilitation
Overview
This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.
Detailed description
Sweden has had a National Cancer Rehabilitation Programme since 2014. This emphasises that all people with cancer have the right to individualised rehabilitation and that the contact nurse has an important role to play in identifying needs and ensuring evidence-based interventions throughout the cancer process to promote rehabilitation. The needs for optimised rehabilitation vary according to several parameters such as the person's personal circumstances and preferences, social support and type of cancer disease.
Despite this and a growing number evidence within this area cancer rehabilitation is often not integrated in clinical care. The current cancer care focuses on medical and treatment related interventions. It is a challenge for health services to find models to identify and meet the increased need for cancer rehabilitation in a systematic and structured way throughout the cancer process, based on the specific needs of each individual. This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.
Interventions
- Other evidence-based individualized rehabilitation
The experimental group will receive structured individualized assessment based on physical, psychological or social needs and will be offered evidence-based interventions to promote rehabilitation and recovery.
Primary outcome measures
- General Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at baseline (at treatment decision)]
- General Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at approximately 1 week preoperative]
- General Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 6 months postoperative]
- General Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 12 months postoperative]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Esophageal and gastric cancer specific Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at baseline (at treatment decision)]
- Esophageal and gastric cancer specific Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at approximately 1 week preoperative]
- Esophageal and gastric cancer specific Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 6 months postoperative]
- Esophageal and gastric cancer specific Quality of life [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 12 months postoperative]
- Information needs [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at baseline (at treatment decision)]
- Information needs [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at approximately 1 week preoperative]
- Information needs [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 6 months postoperative]
- Information needs [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 12 months postoperative.]
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at baseline (at treatment decision)]
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient at approximately 1 week preoperative]
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 6 months postoperative]
- International Physical Activity Questionnaire [Time frame: Instrument will be answered by the patient after surgery at 12 months postoperative]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- over 18 years of age
- esophageal or gastric cancer
- living in Southern Sweden (Skåne)
- are planned to undergo curative surgerytreatment at Skåne University Hospital.
Exclusion criteria
- unable to communicate in the Swedish language
- suffering from a cognitive impairment that poses a barrier for participating in the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Sweden · 1 center
- Skåne University Hospital — Lund
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05698992 · Esophageal/gastric cancerrehab