Coda Comfort Crew Pilot Project: Assessing and Addressing the Psychosocial Needs of Chemotherapy Patients With the Gatineau Cancer Center (CCC)

Coda Foundation

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Psychosocial care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07083245

codacomfortcrewpilotstudy

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to examine the impact of a psychosocial intervention offered by the Coda Comfort Crew, which entails providing conversational support, parallel play, material support through gift bags and more on anxiety and depression, and on distress experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults (≥ 18 years old)
• Diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy at the Gatineau Cancer Center during the intervention and study period
• Able to understand and provide informed consent
• Sufficient understanding of French or English

Exclusion criteria

• Major cognitive impairment preventing understanding
• Severe medical or psychiatric comorbidities limiting participation
• Minors (< 18 years old)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Psychosocial support group

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will receive treatment through the form of the Coda Comfort Crews intervention, including material and psychosocial support. This will be done through material gifts, watching movies and playing board games as well as conversations together during chemotherapy treatments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Psychosocial care