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CompletedNCT03970070Updated May 16, 2023

Perioperative Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth for Cancer Patients and Family Caregivers

A Phase 2 interventional study of Informational Intervention and Quality-of-Life Assessment in Malignant Neoplasm, sponsored by City of Hope Medical Center. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-16.

Sponsored by City of Hope Medical Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Health services research

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This phase II trial studies how well Perioperative Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth (Periop-OSMT) provides patients and their caregivers information about ostomy and ostomy care. Periop-OSMT may help to understand patient preparedness to do ostomy self-care, confidence in doing ostomy self-care, knowledge of ostomy self-care, quality of life, mood, use of medical services, and financial burden.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Assess the feasibility and acceptability of the Periop-OSMT as measured by the percentage of patients and support persons/family caregivers (FCGs) who agree to participate; complete >= 80% of the intervention; and report satisfaction with the intervention (through structured exit interviews).

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Examine the patterns and trajectories for patient outcomes pre- and post-intervention, including patient activation, self-efficacy, ostomy-related knowledge, health related quality of life (HRQOL), medical care utilization, and financial burden.

II. Examine patterns and trajectories for support person/FCG outcomes pre- and post-intervention, including quality of life (QOL).

III. Using qualitative methods, evaluate the acceptability of the intervention as reported by participants.

OUTLINE:

Patients and/or support persons/family caregivers complete Periop-OSMT session in-person or via telephone over 20-40 minutes before surgery and before hospital discharge, and group telehealth session over 1.5-2 hours at weeks 1-3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 post discharge.

After completion of study intervention, participants are followed up for 6 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Malignant Neoplasm

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In context

Neoplasms

9,610 studies on the registry are indexed under Neoplasms; 2,508 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 50 across 7,429 interventional studies indexed under Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

City of Hope Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 674 studies on the registry; 178 are open to participants now.

Of its 30 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 12 (40%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • PATIENT: Scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure that includes the creation of an intestinal stoma (fecal or urinary).
  • PATIENT: Able to read and understand English.
  • PATIENT: Patients scheduled for temporary ostomy procedures
  • SUPPORT PERSON/FCG: Family member/friend identified by the patient as the primary caregiver before and after surgery.
  • SUPPORT PERSON/FCG: Able to read and understand English.
  • Patients with all stages of disease are eligible for the study.
  • The study is open to anyone regardless of gender or ethnicity. Efforts are made to extend the accrual to a representative population.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects, who in the opinion of the principal investigator (PI), may not be able to comply with the requirements of the study.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Health service research (Periop-OSMT)

    Patients and/or support persons/family caregivers complete Periop-OSMT session in-person or via telephone over 20-40 minutes before surgery and before hospital discharge and group telehealth session over 1.5-2 hours at weeks 1-3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 post discharge

    Other: Informational Intervention · Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment · Other: Questionnaire Administration · Other: Survey Administration

Interventions

  • OtherInformational Intervention

    Complete Perioperative Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth program

  • OtherQuality-of-Life Assessment

    Ancillary studies

    Also known as: Quality of Life Assessment

  • OtherQuestionnaire Administration

    Ancillary studies

  • OtherSurvey Administration

    Ancillary studies

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient and family caregiver (FCG) participation

    Assessed by ratio of eligible participants (patient and FCGs) to those enrolled and those who decline participation, reasons for non-participation, number of scheduled study encounters completed, attrition rate between pre- and post-intervention, reasons for attrition/dropout, level of intervention participation including the total number of sessions, number of sessions completed without break-offs, number of break-offs, length (minutes) of sessions, and the ratio of all participants to those who completed \>= 80% of the study.

    Time frame: Up to 24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Patient reported outcomes

    Will be examined pre- and post-intervention, including patient activation, self-efficacy, ostomy-related knowledge, health related quality of life, medical care utilization, and financial burden. Descriptive statistics will be summarized using validated scoring procedures. The data will be used to assess descriptively the trajectory and patterns of outcomes before and after the intervention.

    Time frame: Up to 6 months post-discharge

  2. Support person/FCG reported outcomes

    Will be examined pre- and post-intervention, including quality of life. Descriptive statistics will be summarized using validated scoring procedures. The data will be used to assess descriptively the trajectory and patterns of outcomes before and after the intervention.

    Time frame: Up to 6 months post-discharge

  3. Acceptability of Perioperative Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth

    Acceptability will be assessed through qualitative data analysis using the conventional content analysis approach. Data from the tape-recorded interviews are transcribed and analyzed using HyperRESEARCH software. Transcripts will be imported for the development of analytic categories, data coding, and review of coded data. All data will be read repeatedly to achieve immersion and obtain a sense of the whole. Then, data will be read word by word to derive codes. Codes will be then sorted into themes based on links and relationship. Separate investigators will conduct a final validation review of the codes and themes to ensure consistency and clarity across all qualitative data. Data discordantly coded will be discussed for refinement and consensus purposes.

    Time frame: Up to 24 months

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
    Tucson, Arizona 85719, United States
  • City of Hope Medical Center
    Duarte, California 91010, United States
  • University of Pennsylvania/Abramson Cancer Center
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2020 to primary completion in May 2021, 15 months.

Of 392 non-industry phase 2 interventional studies under Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 56 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 36 and three quarters within 90. This study's 15 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 554 studies reached it within 52 months; a quarter within 33 and three quarters within 88.

Neoplasms covers many different conditions, not one, so the studies compared here vary widely. Read these figures as a rough guide.

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Registered
May 1, 2019
First posted
May 31, 2019
StartActual
Jan 23, 2020
Primary completionActual
May 12, 2021
CompletionActual
May 12, 2021
Last update
May 16, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 16, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03970070
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 31, 2019
Start date
Jan 23, 2020
Primary completion
May 12, 2021
Completion
May 12, 2021
Last update
May 16, 2023

Study contacts

Virginia Sun
principal investigator · City of Hope Medical Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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