Patients, survivors, caregivers, family members and healthcare professionals
Patients, survivors, caregivers, family members and healthcare professionals: Focus group discussions (FGD) and completion of survey
Study summary
The target population includes cancer patients, caregivers, family members, healthcare providers and mental health specialists, who will be the primary end-users of the Althea platform. For patients, survivors, caregivers, and family members, the sample variables include age, gender, type and stage of disease, and time since the first diagnosis. The healthcare professionals that will be involved in this study are those who attend to oncological patients, with sample variables such as age, gender, professional role, and prior experience and training in oncology or psycho-oncology.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
12 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Inclusion Criteria:
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS:
* Healthcare professionals actually working in oncology and/or psychooncology;
* Teachers of paediatric cancer patients.
ADULT POPULATION:
* Patients with a current or previous cancer diagnosis
* Adequate language proficiency,
* Able to provide informed consent;
PAEDIATRIC POPULATION:
* Older than 12 years of age;
* Patients with a current or previous cancer diagnosis;
* Adequate language proficiency;
* Legal guardians of paediatric cancer patients able to provide informed consent.
CAREGIVERS:
* Caregivers and/or family members of cancer patients who lived or assist the loved ones with a current or previous cancer diagnosis in the cancer journey;
* Adequate language proficiency;
* Able to provide informed consent;
* Caregivers and/or family members of paediatric cancer patients under 12 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Healthcare professionals with limited oncology patient contact;
* Insufficient knowledge of the local language;
* Severe cognitive impairment, and/or mental disorders that prohibited their participation in the study or inadequate verbal skills that may render them incapable of informed consent (as evaluated by the clinician);
* Inability to understand the study materials (as evaluated by the clinician);
* Physical or psychological impairment that prohibits their participation in focus groups (as evaluated by the clinician).
Primary outcome measure(s)
Number of unmet needs of patients, caregivers and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) — 15 months Number of unmet needs reported by patients, caregivers and Health Care Professionals (HCPs)
Trial sites (5)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Centre François Baclesse
Caen
France
Recruiting
Saarland University
Homburg
Germany
Not Yet Recruiting
European Institute of Oncology
Milan
Italy
Not Yet Recruiting
National Cancer Institute
Vilnius
Lithuania
Not Yet Recruiting
Catalan Institute of Oncology
Barcelona
Spain
Not Yet Recruiting
More European Institute of Oncology trials in Italy
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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