Telemedicine in the Management of Pain in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest50 enrolled

Overview

Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is a major public health issue because of its disastrous prognosis. The symptomatology of locally advanced or metastatic forms, particularly painful, is often major and difficult to balance, impacting both the quality of life of patients (and those around them) and the course of treatment (chemotherapy). The objective of this study is to evaluate the interest and feasibility of telemedicine in the management of pain in patients undergoing treatment for advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Adenocarcinoma Pancreatic Cancer Metastatic Pain

Interventions

In addition to his standard follow-up, the patient benefits from a home follow-up of his pain for 6 months from his inclusion in the study. The patient has to log on via the application, every week. to fill in the questionnaire to evaluate the pain over the past week. The questionnaire consists of 4 questions to which the patient answers using a numerical scale from 0 to 10. If the patient's pain is not controlled, the patient can log on in "emergency" mode as many times as he or she deems necessary. A nurse path coordinator will be informed of each connection. Depending on the type of alert received, she may initiate a telephone consultation with the oncologist or pain specialist: * If necessary within 24 hours of the connection if it is a weekly connection, * Systematic within 3 hours if it is an emergency connection or if the data entered at the time of the weekly connection requires medical intervention.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient ≥ 18 years old ; * Patient with histologically or cytologically proven locally advanced and/or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas; * Patient undergoing or failing medical treatment and comfort care only; * Patient with EVA ≥ 4 and/or requiring analgesics level 3; * Performans Status (ECOG) \< 3 ; * Informing the patient and obtaining free, informed and written consent signed by the patient and the investigator; * Patient affiliated or beneficiary of the social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Patient does not have a smartphone, tablet or computer; * Patient with no personal internet access at home (WIFI, wired), or via his smartphone; * Patient does not feel able to fill out an electronic questionnaire; * Patient cannot read or write French; * Patient does not speak and understand French; * Persons deprived of liberty or under guardianship or trusteeship ; * Dementia, mental alteration or psychiatric pathology that could compromise the patient's informed consent and/or compliance with the protocol and follow-up of the trial ; * Inability to submit to trial protocol follow-up for geographical, social, or other reasons ; * Patient participating in another interventional study evaluating treatment and pain management.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Satisfaction of patients with advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer of the impact of telemedicine in the management of their pain.

Satisfaction is measured using the Patient Global Clinical Impression of Change (P-GIC) questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of a single question posed to the patient via the application asking the patient what impact he or she believes telemedicine has had on the overall management of his or her pain. The patient has the following 8 propositions among which he must indicate the one that best corresponds to the perceived change: Don't know, Very strongly positive, Strongly positive, Slightly positive, No change, Slightly negative, Strongly negative, Very strongly negative.

Time frame: at one month, 3 months and 6 months post-inclusion

Secondary Outcomes

Observed feasibility of telemedicine

Feasibility will be assessed by collecting : Number of weekly connections actually made and validated up to 3 months post -inclusion. Number of weekly connections actually made and not validated up to 3 months post-inclusion. Number of emergency connections actually made and validated up to 3 months post-inclusion. Number of emergency connections actually made and not validated up to 3 months post-inclusion. A validated connection means that the patient has answered all the questions defined for the type of weekly or emergency connection chosen and that the application has acknowledged the connection.

Time frame: 3 months post-inclusion.

Satisfaction of healthcare professionals with the use of telemedicine in the management of patients' pain.

Satisfaction is measured using the healthcare professionals Global Clinical Impression of Change (C-GIC) questionnaire. The questionnaire includes a single question asked to the medical staff taking care of the patient (Nurse pathway coordinators and oncologists or algologists) asking them to estimate the impact of telemedicine on the overall pain management of patients. They are given the following 8 propositions, among which they must indicate the one that best corresponds to the perceived change: Don't know, Very strongly positive, Strongly positive, Slightly positive, No change, Slightly negative, Strongly negative, Very strongly negative.

Time frame: at 6 months post-inclusion

Number of "unscheduled" consultations recorded of each patient.

Time frame: at 3 months and 6 months post-inclusion

Number of unscheduled hospitalizations recorded of each patient.