Nurses step up: study tests if they can replace doctors for chemo checkups
NCT ID NCT02956876
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a nurse practitioner can safely monitor people with colorectal cancer who are getting intravenous chemotherapy, compared to a doctor. About 207 adults took part. The goal was to see if the number of serious side effects and quality of life were similar between the two types of monitoring.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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207 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2016
- Finished
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Nov 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Digestive diagnostic of colorectal cancer. * Treatment with intravenous chemotherapy or treatment with concomitant oral and intravenous chemotherapy. * Patient beginning a cycle of chemotherapy he had already received chemotherapy sessions or not. * Patient aged 18 or over. * Patient with predictable life expectancy greater than 3 months. * Patient speak and understand the French. * Patient having read and understood the information letter and signed the consent form. * For women of childbearing age: effective contraception 3 months before the start of treatment and negative blood pregnancy test Exclusion Criteria: * Patient aged over 80. * Patient aged under 18. * Prognosis committed within 3 months. * Pregnant women or breastfeeding. * Initial clinical assessment quoting fatigue to a higher grade 2 according to the WHO classification before the start of chemotherapy treatment. * Against indication(s) for chemotherapy. * Person deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision or person under the protection of a conservator. * History of disease or psychological or sensory abnormality that may prevent the patient to understand the requirements for participation in the protocol or preventing it from giving informed consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rouen University Hospital
Rouen, France
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