An interventional study of telephone-based intervention and case management in Cognitive/Functional Effects, Malignant Neoplasm and Pain, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-16.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This randomized clinical trial studies collaborative targeted case management in improving functional status in patients with stage III-IV cancer. Collaborative targeted case management may improve functional mobility, improve quality of life, and reduce pain and health care utilization in patients with advanced cancer
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Establish the comparative effectiveness of the Collaborative Care to Preserve Performance in Cancer (COPE) trial arms in preserving functional mobility.
II. To assess the comparative cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of the COPE interventions.
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 arms.
ARM I: Patients undergo enhanced usual care comprising telephonic monitoring with monthly status reports provided to their oncology care teams for 6 months.
ARM II: Patients undergo enhanced usual care as in Arm I and participate in an individualized conditioning program delivered telephonically by the Fitness Care Manager (FCM) and adapted, as required, by a local physical therapist for 6 months.
ARM III: Patients undergo enhanced usual care as in Arm I, participate in an individualized conditioning program coordinated by the FCM as in Arm II, and receive optimized pain management through a nurse Pain Care Manager (PCM) for 6 months.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients undergo enhanced usual care comprising telephonic monitoring with monthly status reports provided to their oncology care teams for 6 months.
Behavioral: telephone-based intervention · Other: questionnaire administration · Procedure: quality-of-life assessment · Procedure: management of therapy complications · Procedure: assessment of therapy complications
Patients undergo enhanced usual care as in Arm I and participate in an individualized conditioning program delivered telephonically by the Fitness Care Manager (FCM) and adapted, as required, by a local physical therapist for 6 months.
Behavioral: telephone-based intervention · Other: case management · Procedure: physical therapy · Other: questionnaire administration · Procedure: quality-of-life assessment · Other: educational intervention · Procedure: management of therapy complications · Procedure: assessment of therapy complications
Patients undergo enhanced usual care as in Arm I, participate in an individualized conditioning program coordinated by the FCM as in Arm II, and receive optimized pain management through a nurse Pain Care Manager (PCM) for 6 months.
Behavioral: telephone-based intervention · Other: case management · Procedure: management of therapy complications · Procedure: physical therapy · Other: questionnaire administration · Procedure: quality-of-life assessment · Other: educational intervention · Procedure: assessment of therapy complications
Undergo telephonic monitoring
Participate in an individualized conditioning program with an RCM
Undergo enhanced usual care with an RCM and PCM
Also known as: complications of therapy, management of
Participate in an individualized conditioning program with an RCM
Also known as: physiotherapy
Ancillary studies
Ancillary studies
Also known as: quality of life assessment
Undergo enhanced usual care
Also known as: complications of therapy, management of
Undergo enhanced usual care
Participate in an individualized conditioning program with an RCM
Also known as: intervention, educational
Undergo enhanced usual care with an RCM
Also known as: complications of therapy, management of
Undergo enhanced usual care with an RCM
Undergo enhanced usual care with an RCM and PCM
Functional mobility, as measured by the change in the Activity Measure for Post Acute Care (AM PAC) Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) from baseline [6 months]
The mean change in the Ambulatory Post-Acute Care Basic Mobility Computer Adaptive Test (AM PAC CAT) score (month 6 minus baseline) and the \[95% confidence interval\] for patients assigned to each arm regardless of compliance are reported below. The AM PAC CAT is an item response theory-modeled scale that ranges from 0 to infinity. However, the score range of interest for the trial that corresponds to the ability to ambulate and transfer safely and independently (+/- gait aid) is 55 - 66 with higher scores corresponding to better mobility and the MID for improvement being 1.0. For the primary outcome group differences will be assessed over the 6 months of the trial using mixed-effects model repeated measures (MMRM) analysis which will include a random effect for patient, a fixed effect for measurement point (3 months or 6 months), and adjustment for age, gender, baseline value of the outcome variable, cancer type, cancer stage (IV versus other), and time.
Time frame: From baseline to 6 months
Pain as measured using the Brief Pain Inventory average and total pain interference subscales from baseline [6 months].
The change in the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) average score and total interference score (Month 6 minus baseline) and the and the \[95% confidence interval\] for patients assigned to each arm regardless of compliance. The BPI average is a single numerical rating scale (NRS) anchored at 0 and 11. The total inference score is a composite of 6 NRS scales. Higher scores indicate more pain or a worse health state. For both measures the minimally important difference (MID) is population dependent and ranges between 0.5 and 2.0. For the secondary outcome group differences will be assessed over the 6 months of the trial using mixed-effects model repeated measures (MMRM) analysis which will include a random effect for patient, a fixed effect for measurement point (3 months or 6 months), and adjustment for age, gender, baseline value of the outcome variable, cancer type, cancer stage (IV versus other), and time.
Time frame: From baseline to 6 months
Health Utility, as measured by the change in EuroQol 5-D (5Q-5D) scale score from baseline
The change in health utility, as measured by the change in EuroQol 5-D (5Q-5D) score from baseline score (Month 6 minus baseline) and the and the \[95% confidence interval\] for patients assigned to each arm regardless of compliance. The EuroQol 5-D utility ranges from 0 to 1.0 with high values indicating better health states. The minimally important difference (MID) is population dependent and range between 0.5 and 1.0. For the secondary outcome group differences will be assessed over the 6 months of the trial using mixed-effects model repeated measures (MMRM) analysis which will include a random effect for patient, a fixed effect for measurement point (3 months or 6 months), and adjustment for age, gender, baseline value of the outcome variable, cancer type, cancer stage (IV versus other), and time.
Time frame: From baseline to 6 months
Hospitalization frequency
The count of hospital admission lasting \>24 hours. To assess the impact on number of hospitalizations we will use a negative binomial model, with an offset for number of days of follow-up.
Time frame: From registration to 6 months
Hospital length of stay
The count of days spent in the hospital for admissions lasting \>24 hours. For patients who had at least one hospitalization, the impact of the interventions on the total number of days in hospital will be assessed using mixed effect Poisson analysis.
Time frame: From registration to 6 months
Discharge location from hospital
Binary variable describing whether patients were discharged to an inpatient facility (skilled nursing facility, inpatient rehabilitation facility, hospice or long term acute care facility) or home with/without services. Logistic models with random effects for patient will be used to analyze inter-group differences.
Time frame: From registration to 6 months
Planned admission
Binary variable describing whether an admission was planned for anti-cancer treatment or unplanned. Logistic models with random effects for patient will be used to analyze inter-group differences.
Time frame: From registration to 6 months
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