Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr AER Drummond
ORCID ID
Contact details
Ageing and Disability Research Unit
B Floor
Medical School
Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
+44 0115 924 9924 (44050)
Avril.Drummond@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0192119065
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To identify whether occupational therapy intervention improves the mood, fatigue management and activities of daily living (ADL) performance of outpatient oncology patients.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Cancer: All
Intervention
Intervention arms: Patients will receive a minimum of five sessions.
Session 1 - initial interview, general assessment and baseline assessments.
Session 2 - fatigue management/energy conservation session and equipment provision.
Session 3 - anxiety management/relaxation session.
Session 4 -fatigue/anxiety management session - check understanding and use of principals.
Session 5 - review progress.
Further sessions will be conducted if considered appropriate, up to a maximum of seven.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
We aim to follow up two groups of patients at 6 and 12 weeks after randomisation and compare outcome.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
17/09/2002
Overall trial end date
09/05/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All patients will be seen on their second or third clinic appointment.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Total number of subjects = 52
Participant exclusion criteria
Living outside the hospital catchment area or refusal to consent.
Recruitment start date
17/09/2002
Recruitment end date
09/05/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Ageing and Disability Research Unit
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Queen's Medical Centre University Hospital NHS Trust - UK (NHS R&D Support Funding)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2006 results on http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cot/bjot/2006/00000069/00000003/art00006 = Harrison-Paul, Jane; Drummond, Avril E.R., The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 69, Number 3, March 2006 , pp. 130-133(4).