Effectiveness of Nurse Tele-consultation on the Quality of Elective Colonoscopy, Procedure-related Anxiety, and Financial Toxicity

Last updated: March 21, 2025
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute, Naples
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Colon Cancer

Colon Cancer Screening

Colorectal Cancer

Treatment

Tele-consultation

Clinical Study ID

NCT06887244
Registry 26-23
  • Ages 18-80
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a multicenter, non-pharmacological, experimental, prospective, randomized study, with two arms (1:1) in a single-blind design. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a tele-consultation procedure in patients undergoing elective colonoscopy in terms of quality of the exam, anxiety procedure-related and financial toxicity.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects eligible for outpatient pancolonoscopy:

  • for diagnostic purposes;

  • for screening purposes;

  • for post-polypectomy follow-up;

  • of both genders;

  • of all ethnicities;

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under 18 years of age or over 80 years of age;

  • Patients on waiting lists with SHORT priority: the procedure to be provided within ashort time (no more than 10 days);

  • Patients included in GOM pathways who undergo colonoscopy within 10 days;

  • Pregnancy;

  • Presence of known contraindications to bowel preparation;

  • Presence of known contraindications to performing pancolonoscopy;

  • Patients who have undergone colonic resection and/or have a colostomy/ileostomy;

  • Patients with cognitive impairments;

  • Patients declared legally incompetent or unable to understand and make decisions;

  • Patients unable to provide informed consent.

Study Design

Total Participants: 534
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Tele-consultation
Phase:
Study Start date:
June 24, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
May 31, 2026

Study Description

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness, in daily clinical practice, of a tele-consultation procedure (defined as a telephone consultation with the patient conducted by nursing staff with an appropriate level of experience in digestive endoscopy) with the goal of:

  1. improving adherence to methods and timing for the correct intake of the intestinal preparation by patients undergoing elective colonoscopy;

  2. assessing whether the tele-consultation can reduce anxiety and procedure-related stress, promoting a better emotional state in patients undergoing colonoscopy.

Connect with a study center

  • S.S.D. Garoenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva

    Naples, 80131
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

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