Polaris Oncology Survivor Transition (POST) System
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Cancer
In brief
The POST's public health impact is likely to be substantial because it will improve cancer survivorship planning, which is currently an important deficiency in cancer care recognized by the Institute of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons. The POST may have many potential benefits for patients such as: 1. improved long-term health outcomes; 2. improved psychosocial outcomes and quality of life; 3. smoother transitions back into old and new life roles; and 4. improved continuity and coordination of care between providers. Most importantly, the POST's influence may reach beyond the patients it directly serves as it could help scientists and health care providers understand the potential benefits of cancer survivorship planning and how to best design and implement survivorship planning when patients are ending treatment for cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02637349
- Run by
- Polaris Health Directions
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2016-11-30
- Expected to finish
- 2019-08-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-11-26
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 18 years or older
- Confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer (not metastatic)
- A final active treatment appointment scheduled with oncology team
- Able to read or understand English at a 6th grade level
You may not qualify if…
- Altered mental status (e.g., psychosis, delirium, disorientation)
- Visual problems preventing them from reading the assessment and reports
- Severe illness that would preclude conversation or interface with a computer (e.g.,persistent nausea/vomiting, severe pain)
- Unable to read or understand English at a 6th grade level
- Characteristics that would prevent adequate follow-up (e.g., lack of a telephone)
Where it is running
- University of Massachusetts Medical School-Cancer Center — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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