KOKON Consultation on Complementary Medicine in Oncology - a Pilot Study (KOKON-AS)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast-cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Consultation by an untrained physician; Behavioral: Consultation by a trained physician

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02223091

KOKON-109863

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of a consultation training program for physicians on the quality of their consultations of breast cancer patients regarding complementary medicine. We assume that the training program might enhance the communication of relevant information, empathy of the physicians or satisfaction with the consultation.

Enrollment: 137 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for physicians:

• age >18 years
• working in a breast center of comprehensive cancer center
• able to consult 10 patients within working hours
• training group: able to participate in on-site-training
• not primarily treating the patients that are consulted
• good language skills (for consultations)
• informed consent

Inclusion Criteria for patients:

• age > 18 years
• female
• diagnosis of breast-cancer
• patient in the participating center
• good language skills (for consultations)
• informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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137 participants in 2 patient groups

Consultation by a trained physician

Experimental group

Description:

The physicians of this group receive a free consultation training program on skills regarding consultations on complementary medicine for breast-cancer patients. The training was developed by a multi-professional team and is comprised of three parts: (1) online-training, (2) on-site-training, and (3) consultation manual. Each of the physicians will counsel 10 patients. The patients in this group therefore receive a consultation by a trained physician.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Consultation by a trained physician

Consultation by an untrained physician

Active Comparator group

Description:

The physicians of the control arm receive no training. Each will counsel 10 patients. The patients in this group therefore receive a consultation by an untrained physician.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Consultation by an untrained physician