Enhancing Self Care Among Oral Cancer Survivors: The Empowered Survival Trial

Rutgers The State University of New Jersey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Oropharyngeal Cancer; Head and Neck Cancer; Oral Cancer

Treatments: Other: Springboard Beyond Cancer; Other: Empowered Survivor Online; Other: Survey Administration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04713449

132004 (Other Identifier)

Pro2020000768

Details and patient eligibility

About

Project's goal is evaluate an online tool the research team created called Empowered Survivor (ES) against a free online self-management intervention developed for cancer survivors by the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society called Springboard Beyond Cancer.

Full description

600 patients who have completed treatment between one and three years ago and are currently cancer-free will be recruited via the New Jersey State Cancer Registry or the Cancer Registry of Greater California and randomly assigned to ES or Springboard Beyond Cancer. Participants will complete measures at baseline, 2, and 6-months post-baseline. The investigators will also complete a process evaluation of Empowered Survivor.

Enrollment: 643 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age > 18 years;
• Diagnosed with a first primary invasive oral or oropharyngeal cancer between 1 and 3 years ago;
• Currently cancer free (but can have experienced a recurrence);
• Has internet access;
• Read English;
• Has sufficient vision to read a survey and complete an online intervention

Exclusion criteria

-

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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643 participants in 2 patient groups

Empowered Survivor online

Experimental group

Description:

The online intervention, called Empowered Survivor (ES) is a self-management intervention for patients with head and neck cancer. The intervention contains the following modules: Introduction; Difficulty Swallowing and Muscle Strength; Oral Care; Long-term Follow-Up Care/Oral exams; Calm and Connect; and Maintaining.

Treatment:

Other: Survey Administration

Other: Empowered Survivor Online

Springboard Beyond Cancer

Active Comparator group

Description:

Springboard Beyond Cancer is a general resource for survivors of all cancer. It is a free self-management program for cancer survivors developed by trusted sources, the ACS and the NCI.

Treatment:

Other: Survey Administration

Other: Springboard Beyond Cancer