Study aims to keep workers with chronic illnesses on the job
NCT ID NCT07694609
First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how chronic noncommunicable diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and breast cancer impact a person's ability to work. Researchers will follow 200 working-age adults for 12 months, collecting data on health, work performance, and well-being. The goal is to design a care pathway that combines medical and occupational support to help people stay employed or return to work safely.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to an integrated care pathway that helps workers with chronic diseases stay employed and return to work safely.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it does not test a treatment. The findings may not apply to all workers or diseases.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Study participants will be selected from working-age adult patients receiving care at the participating clinical units of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS. Patients with breast cancer will be recruited from the Breast Surgery Unit, while patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, will be recruited from the Digestive Disease Center Unit. The study is expected to include at least 200 participants: approximately 100 patients with breast cancer and approximately 100 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. The Occupational Medicine Unit will be involved in the integrated clinical-occupational assessment and management pathway, in collaboration with the clinical specialist units.
- Ages
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18 to 70 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: * Age ≥18 years and \<70 years. * Confirmed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or confirmed diagnosis of breast cancer. * Patient under care at one of the participating clinical units. * For patients with breast cancer: inclusion from diagnosis, during preparation for surgery or neoadjuvant chemotherapy, or during post-treatment follow-up. * For patients with inflammatory bowel disease: confirmed diagnosis at any clinical stage and regardless of ongoing treatment. * Ability to understand the aims of the study and to complete the questionnaires required by the protocol. * Written informed consent to participate in the study and to the processing of personal data according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - GDPR. Exclusion Criteria * Age \<18 years or \>70 years. * Absence of a confirmed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, or breast cancer. * Acute clinical conditions or severe comorbidities that, in the opinion of the responsible physician, prevent participation in the study or correct completion of the assessment tools. * Cognitive, linguistic, or psychiatric impairment affecting the ability to understand the information provided or to complete the questionnaires required by the protocol. * Failure to provide written informed consent or refusal of personal data processing according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 - GDPR.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, RM, 00168, Italy
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Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Naples, 80131, Italy
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