Telemedicine Clinic for Prostate Cancer Patients

Grand River Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cancer, Treatment-Related

Treatments: Other: Visits conducted via Telemedicine

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03413865

OTN Study

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized, open label study will evaluate a nurse and pharmacist led clinic conducted remotely from Grand River Regional Cancer Centre at Grand River Hospital (GRRCC/GRH) using OTN teleconferencing as a platform for patients with prostate cancer receiving oral chemotherapy agents.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male over 18 years of age with prostate cancer receiving oral treatment with abiraterone or enzalutamide.
2. Ability to provide consent to study.
3. Willingness to complete study questionnaires and a semi-structured exit interview.
4. Adequate command of the English language to complete study questionnaire and survey.
5. Access to technology to allow a link to the virtual telemedicine clinic. (excluding control group)
6. Willingness to participate in videoconference with pharmacist or nurse from their home environment. (excluding control group)

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients receiving oral anti-cancer therapy other than abiraterone and enzalutamide.

2. Patients lacking the technology at home to participate in the virtual telemedicine clinic. (excluding control group)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

OTN virtual clinic

Experimental group

Description:

Pharmacist and nurse led OTN based remote teleconference based clinic (OTN) The OTN clinic will be conducted by providing the patient with a link via email which will allow the patient to access OTN teleconferencing and meet virtually with a pharmacist and nurse during a previously scheduled appointment. Virtual clinic appointments will be 30 minutes long and will consist of a patient assessment and open ended questions about the patient health status using a modified version of the validated MOATT (MASCC Oral Agent Teaching Tool) created by the Multidisciplinary Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.

Treatment:

Other: Visits conducted via Telemedicine

In person Visits

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients are followed in person at the cancer clinic based on standard of care guidelines