Enhanced, EHR-Facilitated Cancer Symptom Control (E2C2) Trial
Enhanced, EHR-Facilitated Cancer Symptom Control (E2C2) Trial
This early phase I trial investigates enhanced, electronic health record (EHR)-facilitated cancer system control. Cancer and its treatment are often associated with severe, disabling symptoms that have been causally linked to diminished survival, increased healthcare utilization, degraded quality of life, unemployment, and non-adherence to recommended cancer treatments. Collaborative case management for control of moderate or worse sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue (SPADE symptoms), and physical dysfunction among cancer survivors and patients with cancer may improve quality of life, symptom severity, and adherence to cancer treatment, and may also reduce need for acute care.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Conduct a cluster randomized pragmatic trial with a stepped wedge design to test the hypothesis that a symptom control-focused enhanced, electronic health record (EHR)-facilitated cancer symptom control (E2C2) intervention will significantly reduce sleep disturbance, pain, anxiety, depression, fatigue (SPADE) symptom and physical dysfunction scores, reduce unplanned hospitalizations and emergency department visits, improve adherence to cancer therapies, and improve self-reported quality of life.
II. Evaluate the hypothesis that use of a multifaceted, evidence-based implementation strategy to support adoption and use of the E2C2 system will result in improvements in implementation and clinical outcomes.
III. Conduct a mixed methods evaluation to detect, understand and reduce disparities in the adoption and implementation of the E2C2 intervention among elderly and rural-dwelling patients with cancer.
OUTLINE:
The first Primary Objective involves a stepped wedge enrollment into the study intervention. Involvement is based off the patients' responses to the pain questionnaire (low pain = no involvement, moderate pain = offer of patient education materials, severe pain = involvement of a Symptom Care Manager). Symptom Care Managers will work with interested patients who endorse high pain to help address and manage their pain. The third objective involves a subset of patients included in the E2C2 who are offered to participate in a one-time interview lasting 30-45 minutes. Providers and stakeholders also will be invited to participate in an interview lasting 15-30 minutes.
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