Bridging the Gap in Psychosocial Care for Cancer Survivors
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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: Navigation Call.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Cancer Survivorship, Psychological Distress, Psycho-Oncology, Supportive Care. 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
- Switzerland
- 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
Bridging the Gap in Psychosocial Care for Cancer Survivors: Integrating Digital Screening With Navigation Call
Overview
The study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the implementation of a routine digital psychosocial screening combined with a psycho-oncological Navigation Call for cancer survivors after completion of primary treatment with the goal to improve identification of psychosocial needs and facilitate access to supportive care.
Detailed description
Cancer survivors frequently experience persistent psychosocial distress, including anxiety, fatigue, fear of recurrence, and reduced quality of life after completion of active treatment. Although routine distress screening is widely recommended, screening results alone often fail to translate into the utilization of psychosocial support services due to motivational, informational, and organizational barriers.
This single-centre prospective feasibility study evaluates a combined intervention consisting of routine digital patient-reported outcome screening and a structured psycho-oncological Navigation Call conducted shortly after follow-up consultation. The Navigation Call aims to discuss screening results, identify unmet psychosocial needs, address barriers to care, and facilitate referral to appropriate support services. The study primarily assesses the feasibility and acceptability of this intervention while also exploring psychosocial burden, support utilization, and reasons for accepting or declining psychosocial care.
Interventions
- Behavioral Navigation Call
Semi-structured psycho-oncological Navigation Call to discuss screening results, identify psychosocial needs and barriers, and facilitate access to supportive care services.
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of the Navigation Call [Time frame: During the study intervention period, approximately 3 months after 1. follow-up consultation]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Acceptance of the Navigation Call: [Time frame: 1 day to 1 week after the Navigation Call]
- Acceptance of the digital screening in routine care [Time frame: 1 day to 1 week after routine digital screening]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Distress [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Physical functioning [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Role functioning [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Emotional functioning [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Cognitive functioning [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Social functioning [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Global health status / quality of life [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Fatigue [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Prevalence of psychosocial burden - Sleep problems [Time frame: At study inclusion (first follow-up consultation)]
- Utilization of psycho-oncological support [Time frame: Within 4 months after screening]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults aged ≥18 years
- Under oncological care at the USB for ≥9 months
- Completion of primary cancer treatment (see definition below)
- Attendance at routine oncological follow-up at USB
- Ability to provide written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Primary brain tumors
- Severe cognitive impairment
- Acute psychiatric symptoms that may impair the participant's ability to provide informed consent or comply with study procedures
- Insufficient German language skills
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Switzerland · 1 center
- University Hospital Basel — Basel
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07672314 · 2026-00954;th26Zwahlen