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Social Prescriptions and Micro-Learning to Improve Care for Cancer Patients and Their Support Persons

PRISMA - A Pilot Randomized Phase II Trial on Social Prescriptions and Micro- Learning to Improve Care for Cancer Patients and Their Support Persons

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Optimal patient-centered care is often not being delivered to cancer patients, especially to vulnerable populations like those living in underserved rural areas. This body of work will develop and pilot test a multicomponent intervention approach designed to improve the care and outcomes of cancer patients and their support persons (SPs) during and following their therapeutic journey. The intervention will involve the provision of social prescriptions and web-based micro-learning modules, as well as stepwise care based on ongoing monitoring of symptom burden and health. This project uses the strengths of innovative, individually tailored communication strategies and a comprehensive low-cost approach that are likely to support fair and equal patient access to optimal care beyond the funding period. By using a patient-driven approach in an interdisciplinary setting, it is anticipated that the intervention will improve the health outcomes of various patient populations, especially those living in rural areas. To achieve this, a methodologically robust mixed-methods approach and an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design will be employed to move effective strategies towards implementation into clinical practice. A number of standardized patient-reported outcome and experience measures will be used, including quality of life and knowledge of health and care. As a result of this research, an implementation toolbox will be developed that could be used by clinicians working in different healthcare settings and services, both nationally and internationally, to help provide highest quality cancer care.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
384 (estimated)
First submitted
19 Aug 2026
Start date
21 Apr 2026
Primary completion date
30 Nov 2028
Lead sponsor
University of Regensburg
NCT number
NCT07788729

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 384
  • From 21 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 Nov 2028
  • 8 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • Inability to
  • provide informed consent
  • independently complete interviews and/or questionnaires due to impaired speech, vigilance, or comprehension.

Who the study is looking for

  • aged at least 18 years
  • primary diagnosis of early-stage or advanced-stage lung cancer, colorectal cancer, hematological neoplasm or malignant melanoma within the past 12 months
  • expected survival of at least 18 months
  • sufficient German language proficiency to complete questionnaires and interviews
  • attendance at the medical oncology units of participating hospitals
  • provision of written informed consent
  • ECOG Performance Status 0-2
  • ability to name an eligible SP.
  • being nominated by the patient as someone who provides support, encouragement or assistance in coping with their cancer
  • aged at least 18 years
  • proficiency in German
  • provision of written informed consent.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (8)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Hospital Augsburg
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AugsburgGermanyNot yet recruiting
Faculty of Law, Business & Economics, Inst. for Healthcare Management & Health Sciences
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BayreuthGermanyActive, not recruiting
Charité - University Medicine Berlin
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BerlinGermanyNot yet recruiting
University Hospital Köln
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CologneGermanyNot yet recruiting
University Hospital Erlangen
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ErlangenGermanyNot yet recruiting
University Regensburg
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RegensburgGermanyActive, not recruiting
University Hospital Regensburg
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RegensburgGermanyRecruiting
University Hospital Würzburg
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WürzburgGermanyNot yet recruiting

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