A Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Sensitivity of a Number of Clinical and Psychological Outcome Measures for Cancer Patients Being Treated at the Hospital Day Care Unit or (Partially) at Home

A Single-centre, Non-randomized, Prospective, Open Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Sensitivity of a Number of Clinical and Psychological Outcome Measures for Cancer Patients Being Treated at the Hospital Day Care Unit or (Partially) at Home

This pilot study aims to evaluate the sensitivity, variability and responsiveness of a number of predefined clinical and psychological outcome measuring tools in an ambulant cancer treatment setting (home vs. hospital). The measuring tools will be evaluated in two patient cohorts. One cohort is treated as per standard of care at the outpatient hospital, the other cohort is receiving (partial) cancer treatment at home. A second objective is to create a costs inventory representing total costs for an ambulant treated cancer patient.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Starting new oncological treatment at the outpatient hospital.
• ECOG ≤ 2
• Living within 30 minutes of drive from the hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Important comorbidity (ECOG > 2)
• Simultaneous radiotherapy treatment
• Language barriers or communication difficulties
• Problematic venous access
• Known problems with administration of the therapy