Rehabilitation and Recovery for Persons with Esophageal or Gastric Cancer

Region Skane

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Gastric Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Stomach Neoplasm; Esophageal Neoplasms

Treatments: Other: evidence-based individualized rehabilitation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05698992

Esophageal/gastric cancerrehab

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.

Full description

Sweden has had a National Cancer Rehabilitation Programme since 2014. This emphasises that all people with cancer have the right to individualised rehabilitation and that the contact nurse has an important role to play in identifying needs and ensuring evidence-based interventions throughout the cancer process to promote rehabilitation. The needs for optimised rehabilitation vary according to several parameters such as the person's personal circumstances and preferences, social support and type of cancer disease.

Despite this and a growing number evidence within this area cancer rehabilitation is often not integrated in clinical care. The current cancer care focuses on medical and treatment related interventions. It is a challenge for health services to find models to identify and meet the increased need for cancer rehabilitation in a systematic and structured way throughout the cancer process, based on the specific needs of each individual. This study aims to develop and evaluate a model for systematic and evidence-based cancer rehabilitation for people with esophageal and gastric cancer to provide conditions for a better quality of life and fewer cancer-related symptoms.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• over 18 years of age
• esophageal or gastric cancer
• living in Southern Sweden (Skåne)
• are planned to undergo curative surgerytreatment at Skåne University Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• unable to communicate in the Swedish language
• suffering from a cognitive impairment that poses a barrier for participating in the study.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Description:

Patients over 18 years of age with esophageal or gastric cancer, who are living in Southern Sweden, and who are planned to undergo curative surgery treatment at Skåne University Hospital. n=100 (anticipated)

Treatment:

Other: evidence-based individualized rehabilitation

Historical control group

Description:

The historical control group consists of patients, living in Southern Sweden, who underwent esophageal or gastric cancer surgery between 2013 - 2021 at Skåne University Hospital. n=100 (anticipated)