Status:

COMPLETED

Connecting Audio and Radio Sensing Systems to Improve Care at Home

Lead Sponsor:

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

U.S. National Science Foundation

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Conditions:

Colorectal Cancer

Bladder Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-99 years

Brief Summary

This study aims to assess the usability of the innovative Audio + Radio (AURA) system in enhancing personalized supportive care for cancer patients and caregivers during the post-ostomy care transitio...

Detailed Description

The investigators will assign up to 30 cancer patients with newly created ostomies for cancer treatment with curative intent and their primary caregivers to the AURA or usual care groups (up to 30 pat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria
  • Phase I: The investigators will only be recruiting patients for this phase
  • Patients must:
  • have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;
  • have had an ostomy with curative intent for at least 90 days;
  • be able to read and speak English;
  • be 18 years or older;
  • Phase II: The investigators will be recruiting patients and caregivers as a dyad for this phase
  • Patients must:
  • have been surgically treated for colorectal or bladder cancer with curative intent;
  • be within one month of hospital discharge of a newly created ostomy with curative intent;
  • be able to read and speak English;
  • be 18 years or older;
  • have a caregiver who is willing to participate in the study;
  • Caregivers must:
  • be 18 years or older;
  • be able to read and speak English;
  • be identified as the primary caregiver by the patient;
  • have not themselves been diagnosed with cancer or received cancer treatment during the study (to ensure that patients and caregivers focus their efforts on care of the patient).
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients and their caregivers will be excluded if they:
  • are unable to read, speak, or understand English;
  • have more than one type of ostomy;
  • have other cancer diagnosis (excluding non-melanomatous skin cancer); or
  • have cognitive impairment (assessed by the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire).

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 21 2022

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 31 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    13 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05344950

    Start Date

    March 21 2022

    End Date

    July 31 2024

    Last Update

    September 19 2024

    Active Locations (2)

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    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

    2

    UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center

    San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229