UMIN-ICDS Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000060749
Receipt number R000069514
Scientific Title Examination of the Utility of a Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2) for Sharing Meaningful Way of Living among Patients with Treatment-Resistant Illness
Date of disclosure of the study information 2026/02/25
Last modified on 2026/02/25 23:02:28

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Basic information

Public title

Examination of the Utility of a Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2) for Sharing Meaningful Way of Living among Patients with Treatment-Resistant Illness

Acronym

Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model Ver.2 Utility Study

Scientific Title

Examination of the Utility of a Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2) for Sharing Meaningful Way of Living among Patients with Treatment-Resistant Illness

Scientific Title:Acronym

Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model Ver.2 Utility Study

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

Treatment-resistant illness (including cancer and non-cancer)

Classification by specialty

Medicine in general Gastroenterology Hepato-biliary-pancreatic medicine
Cardiology Pneumology Endocrinology and Metabolism
Hematology and clinical oncology Nephrology Neurology
Clinical immunology Infectious disease Geriatrics
Surgery in general Gastrointestinal surgery Hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery
Vascular surgery Chest surgery Endocrine surgery
Breast surgery Ophthalmology Dermatology
Oto-rhino-laryngology Orthopedics Urology
Radiology Oral surgery Neurosurgery
Cardiovascular surgery Plastic surgery Emergency medicine
Nursing

Classification by malignancy

Malignancy

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To examine the effectiveness of implementing a Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2) for sharing meaningful way of living among patients with treatment-resistant illness, focusing on improving patient satisfaction and enhancing general nurses' communication skills.

Basic objectives2

Safety,Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1

Exploratory

Trial characteristics_2

Pragmatic

Developmental phase

Not applicable


Assessment

Primary outcomes

[Patients] Patient satisfaction and dialogue experience after implementing the Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2): Rogers' Empathic Listening Scale (speaker version), researcher-developed items, and semi-structured interviews; within 7 days after the final dialogue.
[Nurses] Communication skills and practice changes: Rogers' Empathic Listening Scale (listener version), Communication Skills Scale for End-of-Life Care Nurses, Knowledge/Practice/Difficulty Scale for Palliative Care Providers (partial), Difficulty Scale for Cancer Nursing (partial), and semi-structured interviews; within 7 days after the final dialogue.

Key secondary outcomes



Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Single arm

Randomization

Non-randomized

Randomization unit


Blinding

Open -no one is blinded

Control

Uncontrolled

Stratification

NO

Dynamic allocation

NO

Institution consideration

Institution is not considered as adjustment factor.

Blocking

NO

Concealment

No need to know


Intervention

No. of arms

1

Purpose of intervention

Treatment

Type of intervention

Behavior,custom

Interventions/Control_1

General nurses conduct dialogues with patients with treatment-resistant illness using the Dialogue-Based Nursing Practice Model (Ver.2). The dialogues are conducted multiple times during hospitalization (approximately 3 times as a guide), through a process of attentively receiving and clarifying the patient's meaningful way of living, and sharing it between the patient and healthcare providers.

Interventions/Control_2


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Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit

80 years-old >=

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

[Patients] 1) Aged 20 years or older and capable of communicating their own wishes; 2) In a physical and mental condition that allows dialogues of approximately 30 minutes; 3) Diagnosed with treatment-resistant illness and having received explanations from a physician regarding their condition, current treatment, and treatment goals; 4) For cancer patients: judged by a physician as relapsed/refractory, undergoing 3 or more lines of treatment regimens, or hospitalized due to poorly controlled complications; for non-cancer patients: judged by a physician as relapsed/refractory or repeatedly hospitalized in a declining phase.
[Nurses] 1) Ward nurses with at least 2 full years of experience in the same ward and at least 3 years of overall nursing experience; 2) Having attained Japanese Nursing Association Clinical Ladder (2023 revised edition) Level I or above.

Key exclusion criteria

[Patients] 1) Unable to communicate their own wishes due to impaired consciousness or cognitive decline; 2) In a physical or mental condition that makes 30-minute dialogues difficult; 3) Those whose attending physician judges participation to be inappropriate based on the patient's understanding of their medical condition; 4) Those who do not provide informed consent for participation; 5) Those judged by the researcher or attending nurse as unsuitable for participation.
[Nurses] 1) Those who do not provide informed consent for participation.

Target sample size

20


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Naomi
Middle name
Last name Matsuyama

Organization

Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University

Division name

Doctoral Program, Major in Nursing

Zip code

606-8507

Address

54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

TEL

0757514629

Email

naomi_m@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Naomi
Middle name
Last name Matsuyama

Organization

Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University

Division name

Doctoral Program, Major in Nursing

Zip code

606-8507

Address

54 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

TEL

0757514629

Homepage URL


Email

naomi_m@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp


Sponsor or person

Institute

Chiba University

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

Chiba University

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Self funding

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Ethics Review Committee, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University

Address

1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8672, Japan

Tel

0432262496

Email

kango-rinnri@chiba-u.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



Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2026 Year 02 Month 25 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

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Number of participants that the trial has enrolled


Results


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Baseline Characteristics


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Progress

Recruitment status

Preinitiation

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 09 Month 16 Day

Date of IRB

2025 Year 11 Month 18 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2026 Year 02 Month 04 Day

Last follow-up date

2026 Year 09 Month 30 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

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Management information

Registered date

2026 Year 02 Month 25 Day

Last modified on

2026 Year 02 Month 25 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/icdr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000069514