Measuring Concerns and Needs of Cancer Patients Referred to Complementary Medicine Treatment Integrated Within the Oncology Service
In 2007, the Haifa and Western Galilee district of the CHS set out to test the feasibility
of integrating complementary medicine (CM) within the CHS Oncology Service. In 2008, the CHS
established the Integrative Oncology Program with the goal of addressing patient concerns
and improving quality of life parameters during chemotherapy and advanced disease. The study
is purposed to assess concerns, needs and perspectives of patients referred to integrative
consultation during chemotherapy and/or advanced cancer; to characterize social demographic
and health parameters of patients who consult or avoid integrative medicine consultation; to
document complementary medicine use prior and during consultation; to assess if
complementary medicine consultation and treatment improve patient's concerns and well-being;
and to assess oncology provider and integrative practitioner communications issues
concerning integrative care.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
MYCAW (Measure Yourself Concerns and Wellbeing)questionnaire
Assessing patients'concerns and Wellbeing as well as narrative assessment of integrative care outcomes
6-12 weeks(+follow-up 4 months)
No
Eran Ben-Arye, MD
Principal Investigator
Clalit Health Services
Israel: Ethics Commission
CMC-09-0024-CTIL
NCT01860365
July 2009
September 2016
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