Interest of a TEteleconsultation of a Psychological Support Nurse on Psychological Distress in Patients With a Primary Malignancy of the Central Nervous System

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion

About this trial

The goal of this clinal trial is to compare the effectiveness of nurse-led teleconsultation with usual care (intervention group) on psychological distress in patients with primary malignant tumors of the central nervous system between diagnosis and first anti-cancer treatment, versus usual care alone (control group).

Participants will be randomized into two groups :

* group A) intervention: usual care + nurse teleconsultation for psychological support * group B) control: usual care alone

Enrolment = Day0 (D0)

Participants will :

* groups A and B: D0: complete 4 questionnaires (Quality of Life, Screening for Distress, Screening for Anxiety and Depression, Social Support Questionnaire) * Group A : D0+2/4 das : nursing teleconsultation for psychological support * Groups A and B: D0+10days : telephone call to complete the same 4 questionnaires as at inclusion * Group A : D0+15days: semi-directive interview, at home, for voluntary patients.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

aged 18 and over

being treated for a primary malignant tumor of the central nervous system (positive biopsy)

with a Mini-Mental State score greater than 24

not receiving first-line treatment (chemotherapy, targeted radiotherapy, surgery)

Disqualifiers

with a history of psychiatric illness

with recurrent cancer of the cerebral nervous system

having begun first-line treatment (drug therapy, curative surgery, radiotherapy or palliative care)

under guardianship, curatorship or deprived of liberty

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Teleconsultation for psychological support

    Other intervention

    Teleconsultation with a nurse for psychological support, after the diagnosis has been announced, before hospitalization for the first treatment (chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy) in addition to the standard practice

Treatment groups

58 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: TELECONSULTATIONExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: NO TELECONSULTATIONNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Distress thermometer

Comparison of the change in psychological distress score, measured using the psychological distress screening tool (from National Comprehensive Cancer Network) between the 2 groups between inclusion (T0) and before the first anti-cancer therapy (T1).

Time frame
10 days

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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