Ostomy Rural Telehealth Training Cancer Survivors
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Official title
Ostomy Rural Telehealth Self-management Training for Cancer Survivors
Brief summary
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Over one million individuals in the U.S. have ostomies. The American Cancer Society estimates 43,030 rectal cancer cases and 81,190 bladder cancer cases will be diagnosed in 2018.Of these, at least 30,000 will receive ostomies, and an additional unknown number due to gynecologic, other gastrointestinal, or other gastro-urinary tumors. The health-related quality of life impact is tremendous and greater than with many other cancer treatments. An ostomy is often a prolonged or lifelong disabling problem for cancer survivors. The adaptation period is quite variable. In our R01 study, 18% of participants took at least one year to be comfortable, or never felt comfortable, in managing their ostomy care. Importantly, many patients cannot attend in-person self-management programs or patient groups for a myriad of reasons, including distance to travel, lack of access to transportation, monetary outlays, competing demands (such as work), or comorbidities making travel difficult. In addition, a national shortage of OCNs means patients with an ostomy, whether newly placed or a long-term issue, receive little help. It is imperative to study interventions for rural survivors aimed to limit family financial burdens, improve ostomy outcomes, and improve survivors' well-being.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03913715
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 204 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 120 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 1, 2019 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Sep 1, 2025 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2026 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Jul 11, 2025
2019 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 7
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences | Little Rock | Arkansas | 72205 | — |
| City Of Hope | Duarte | California | 91010 | — |
| Loma Linda University Health | Loma Linda | California | 11005 | — |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87131 | — |
| University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Sanford Research Center | Fargo | North Dakota | 58122 | — |
| Geisinger | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822 | — |
| Lancaster General Hospital | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | 17604 | — |
| Penn Medicine | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| University of South Carolina Greenville (Prisma Health) | Greenville | South Carolina | 21111 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 11, 2025 · Synced Oct 23, 2026
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