Partnership in Prostate Cancer Care (the ICARE-P Study)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Partnership in Prostate Cancer Care: the feasibility of an integrated system to improve patient outcomes and experience (the ICARE-P Study)
IRAS ID
206153
Contact name
Veronica Nanton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Birmingham South & Central Clinical Commissioning Group
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 26 days
Research summary
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, and there are a large number of survivors with the five year survival rate at 85%. Hospital-based services are over-stretched, and recent guidelines emphasise the role of the GP in follow-up care as they are able to address the patient’s varying needs. There is also increased value of the use of technology in healthcare and sharing data between primary and secondary care services. The aim of this study is to test the feasibility of undertaking a future trial comparing a new model of integrated prostate cancer continuing and follow up care with standard care in terms of clinical and cost-effectiveness, patient-reported outcomes, and experience. We will recruit men with a diagnosis of prostate cancer at any stage in the care pathway who have been treated at University Hospitals Birmingham. Participants will be recruited from GP surgeries who refer patients to UHB. We will recruit 13 practices, of which 10 will be in the intervention arm. Practice nurses at these surgeries will take part in specialised prostate cancer training at UHB. Participants recruited from these practices will complete an online self-assessment: the Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA), before having a consultation with their practice nurse to discuss any problems raised. This will occur four times at three month intervals followed by outcomes measures (and some at baseline). Participants in the control group will have treatment at normal, and will complete outcome measures at baseline, and at six and 12 months later. The results from this study will be used to analyse how the HNA is used by men over a 1-year period and to refine procedures for a future trial. We will also use these results to estimate the cost and cost effectiveness of the proposed service development.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0278
Date of REC Opinion
4 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion