Status:
COMPLETED
A Trial to Assess the Influence of a Pictorial Medication Calendar on Medication Taking Behaviour
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Waterloo
Medbuy Corporation
Conditions:
Cancer
Chemotherapy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Determine if an oncology pictorial medication calendar will improve patient adherence to oncology supportive care medication regimens for adult patients receiving adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy...
Detailed Description
Primary Objective: In order to evaluate the impact of such an approach on adherence, a prospective, open-label, randomized controlled pilot trial (RCT) was carried out to determine if a picture-based ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- Outpatients 18 years or older receiving chemotherapy treatment for neoadjuvant or adjuvant solid organ cancers,
- Able to provide consent for themselves,
- Calendar was only available in the English language, thus fluency in English was required.
- Exclusion criteria:
- Participants who did not attain a minimum of grade 8 education,
- Significant visual impairment that precluded the ability to read the picture-based medication calendar,
- Difficulty swallowing with requirement for liquid formulations of medications,
- If planned to receive multiple cycles of chemotherapy at satellite oncology location instead of main study site,
- If unable to repeat the instructions back to research personnel or a care provider had to speak on the participant's behalf, the participant was withdrawn from the study.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04701736
Start Date
January 1 2017
End Date
January 1 2018
Last Update
January 8 2021
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London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5W9