NCT03521765

Quality of Life in Colorectal Cancer Survivors

Completed NA Last updated 11 May 2018

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Cancer education in Colorectal Cancer in 76 participants. Completed in 30 April 2018.

Timeline

1 July 2017

Primary endpoint
1 April 2018

30 April 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National Cheng Kung University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	76
Start date	1 July 2017
Primary completion	1 April 2018
Estimated completion	30 April 2018
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Cancer education

Conditions studied

• Colorectal Cancer — all drugs for Colorectal Cancer →

Sponsor

National Cheng Kung University

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Colorectal Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

BACKGROUND:

Colorectal cancer (CRC) and its treatment affect CRC survivors' quality of life (QoL), emotional distress and activities of daily living (ADL). It is assumed that occupational therapy interventions based on cancer education may be a feasible approach.

Aim To examine the effect of using cancer education based on healthy lifestyle by occupational therapist on QoL, emotional distress, ADL and healthy lifestyle behaviors in CRC survivors.

Methods Participants with CRC were designed as a two-group controlled trial, and a single-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted. These participants were randomly assigned to either an OT intervention or a non-intervention group (in a 1:1 ratio). Those participants in the OT intervention group were given a consultation based on a CRC education handbook by an occupational therapist for discharge preparation and on 1-month, 3-month follow-up clinic; the non-intervention group participants were given a CRC education handbook (the same handbook) only for discharge preparation. The primary outcome was the change in QoL measured using WHOOQOL-BREF. Secondary outcomes were changes in emotional distress, ADL and healthy lifestyle behaviors. Outcomes were examined in baseline (discharge preparation), 1-month and 3-months follow-up clinic.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Occupational therapy to improve quality of life for colorectal cancer survivors: a randomized clinical trial.
   Yang SY, Wang JD, Chang JH. · · 2020 · cited 10× · PMID 31273505 · DOI 10.1007/s00520-019-04971-2