UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000058571
Receipt number R000064803
Scientific Title Development and implementation of a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) to improve the quality of life of adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals
Date of disclosure of the study information 2025/07/23
Last modified on 2025/07/23 19:36:12

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Basic information

Public title

Development and implementation of a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) to improve the quality of life of adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals

Acronym

Development and implementation of a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) for adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals

Scientific Title

Development and implementation of a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) to improve the quality of life of adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals

Scientific Title:Acronym

Development and implementation of a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) for adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

gastrointestinal cancer

Classification by specialty

Nursing Adult

Classification by malignancy

Malignancy

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To develop a transitional care program (cancer pain management version) that supports cancer pain management in adult patients discharged from acute care hospitals and contributes to pain-free home care, and to implement and evaluate the developed program in the outpatient clinic B of University Hospital A.

Basic objectives2

Others

Basic objectives -Others

To evaluate implementation and clinical outcomes from the implementation of the developed transitional care program and to describe inhibiting and facilitating factors

Trial characteristics_1

Others

Trial characteristics_2

Pragmatic

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

nurses' confidence in transitional care(Evaluated every month from the start of transitional care. Final evaluation after 4 months)

Key secondary outcomes

Clinical outcomes: quality of life, pain-related self-efficacy, patient experience, changes in pain-related knowledge and behavior, utilization of medical services
Implementation outcomes: fidelity of implementation, fidelity of intervention, feasibility, appropriateness, acceptability, reach


Base

Study type

Observational


Study design

Basic design


Randomization


Randomization unit


Blinding


Control


Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

No. of arms


Purpose of intervention


Type of intervention


Interventions/Control_1


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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit


Not applicable

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

Patients
1) Patients who received a new introduction of oral analgesics or treatment with drug modification or titration for the management of cancer pain while hospitalized in the gastroenterology ward of University Hospital A
2) Patients who fall into one of the following categories and have given consent to participate in this study
Patients with pain during palliative screening during hospitalization
Patients with a request for outpatient intervention at the time of discharge from the hospital, and the request includes information on pain management.
Patients for whom the ward nurses felt that pain management was or would be necessary after discharge from the hospital.
3) Patients with a performance status scale of 0, 1, or 2

Nurses
This program will be open to those who meet all of the following criteria
1) Nurses with a Clinical Ladder Level of III or higher and at least 10 years of practical experience
2) Nurses who have held leadership roles in their respective departments and have experience in telephone consultation

Key exclusion criteria

Patients
Persons who are in one of the following situations will not be included in this study.
1) Those who are under 20 years of age
2) Patients who are terminating their consultation at the Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital A for transfer to another hospital, or who are transferred to another outpatient or house call physician.
3) Patients with cognitive, visual, or auditory dysfunction
4) Pediatric, neuropsychiatric, and obstetric patients

Nursing
No exclusion criteria

Target sample size

20


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Chizuko
Middle name
Last name Sakashita

Organization

Kitasato University Hospital

Division name

Nursing Department

Zip code

2520375

Address

1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan

TEL

81427788111

Email

c.saka@kitasato-u.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Chizuko
Middle name
Last name Sakashita

Organization

Kitasato University Hospital

Division name

Nursing Department

Zip code

2520375

Address

1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa, Japan

TEL

81427788111

Homepage URL


Email

c.saka@kitasato-u.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

St. Luke's International University

Institute

Department

Personal name

Chizuko Sakashita


Funding Source

Organization

Japan Academy of Nursing Science

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Other

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

Co-sponsor

Kitasato university hospital

Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

St. Luke's International University

Address

10-1 Akashi-chou, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Tel

81355502423

Email

kenkyukikaku@luke.ac.jp


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions

北里大学病院(神奈川県)


Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2025 Year 07 Month 23 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Progress

Recruitment status

Enrolling by invitation

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 05 Month 13 Day

Date of IRB

2025 Year 05 Month 13 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2025 Year 05 Month 25 Day

Last follow-up date

2025 Year 09 Month 09 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information

Recruiting and collecting data


Management information

Registered date

2025 Year 07 Month 23 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 07 Month 23 Day



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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000064803