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The patient will get instructions on: - Follow-up appointment date/time with your surgeon - Proper diet - Medications - Communicating concerning symptoms with the surgeon

The patient will answer questions on:

* Social support
* Quality of life

In addition to what the usual care group gets, the patient will also receive weekly phone calls by a geriatrics RN following hospital discharge.

The patient will answer questions on:

* Social support
* Quality of life

Usual care

Phone Calls

Armin Shahrokni, MD, PhD

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of more frequent follow-up (by videoconference) of these patients. Videoconference is a method of communication over a distance. In this method, the patient will hear the person's voice (like on the telephone) and will see that person over video.

The study will compare more frequent follow-up of patients by videoconferencing to routine follow-up of patients. The investigators will compare each type of follow-up to see the effect on the number of times patients need to visit emergency rooms or need admission to hospitals. The study will also look at the difference between each type of follow-up on patients' quality of life and social support thirty days after hospital discharge.

The study will also measure satisfaction and acceptability of this intervention among those who had follow-ups by videoconference.

Improving Health of Patients With Colon Cancer Following Surgery: A Trial of SA-ICAN Via Videoconferencing

(i.e. hospital readmission and/or ER visit)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

The full intervention (Closer) is a tested intervention that uses videoconferencing technology (WebEx) for delivery and delivers the highest dose of the intervention. This arm of the intervention will deliver personalized information to the DCG (aimed at enhancing self-efficacy) and emotional support via nurse coaching as well as the opportunity for the DCG to talk with the oncologist and patient in "real time" during a minimum of four patient-oncologist office visits over a 4-month period (at least once/month). For patients who have more than one oncologist-patient meeting/month, the study will use the videoconference technology to allow the DCG to join as many of the join in as many of the oncologist-patient office visits as desired.

This arm will involve the delivery of information solely via the use of videoconference technology during the patient-oncologist-DCG visit. There is always the possibility that the DCG will receive emotional support from the oncologist during the office visit (as would potentially occur during a face-to-face meeting) - but this will not be "delivered" systematically as in the Closer intervention. As with the Closer intervention, the DCG will be able to participate in the patient-oncologist visit in "real time" during a minimum of four office visits over the 4-month study period (total dose \~5 hours). The procedure for these meetings will be the same as outlined for Closer but will not involve having the nurse involved in the videoconference sessions with the oncologist, patient, and DCG.

This group will be provided access to a website that will provide the following major links: a) Caregiving Resources (links to National Family Caregiver Association," etc.), b)Resources for DCGs (links to the Caregiving from a Distance," etc.), c) Cancer Information (links to National Cancer Institute, etc.). DCGs will be told that the study team will track usage of the website in order to assess which areas of the website are used most frequently. Any questions or concerns regarding use of the website can be sent online to the study's technical site, and the support staff will respond within 24 hours. As is current practice, DCGs can call an oncology nurse or oncologist to ask specific questions. Web-Only will deliver the lowest dose of the intervention.

use videoconferencing to provide personalized information aimed at enhancing self -efficacy and providing emotional support for distant caregivers of patients with advanced cancers

Video-C

structured conversations with registered nurses aimed at providing emotional support

Nurse Coaching

Access to a website with caregiving resources, resources for distant care givers, and cancer information

Web-Only

Sara Douglas, RN, PhD

This study seeks to test the effectiveness of two arms of an intervention that use videoconference technology for distance caregivers of patients with advanced cancer. The study is significant because the intervention will promote involvement of caregivers of patients with cancer and makes a compelling case for significance based on changing demographics and lifestyles.

The primary goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare outcomes (anxiety, distress, depression, health status) for distant care givers (DCGs) of patients with advanced cancer who are randomly assigned to either the full intervention arm (Closer), the video-only intervention arm (Video-C Only) or the control group (Web-Only). the goal is to determine which is most efficacious in improving outcomes over time for these caregivers. In addition, this study will examine the indirect effects of each arm of the intervention on DCG outcomes over time as well as explore the nature of relationships between patient and DCG distress, anxiety and depression over time.

The specific research questions include:

1. Is there a difference in DCG outcomes (anxiety, distress, depression, health status) over time between caregivers in the Closer, Video-C Only, and Web-Only groups, controlling for DCG demographic variables?
2. Are there significant indirect effects of Closer, Video-C Only, and Web-Only on DCG outcomes (anxiety, distress, depression, health status) over time, controlling for DCG demographic variables?
3. Are there significant relationships between DCG distress, anxiety, depression and health status and patient distress, anxiety and depression over time?

Study personnel administering questionnaire and follow-up questions with participants will be blinded to the arm assignment of the participant

Online Information and Support for Distance Caregivers

Compare the direct effects of Closer, Video-C Only, and Web-Only on anxiety over time, controlling for DCG demographic variables. Anxiety will be measured using the 4-item tool from the Patient Reported Outcomes measurement Information System (PROMIS). Higher scores indicate greater anxiety.

The PROMIS Item Bank v1.0-Emotional Distress-Anxiety - Short Form 4a, a 4 item instrument, is reported as a t-score and can range from 37.1 to 83.1 with higher t-scores representing more anxiety.

The mean and standard deviation are as follows: M=50 (SD=10).

T-scores from 55-60 represent mild anxiety, 61-70 moderate anxiety and \> 70 represent severe anxiety.

Compare the direct effects of Closer, Video-C Only, and Web-Only on distress over time, controlling for DCG demographic variables. Distress is conceptually defined as a negative state in which coping and adaptation processes fail to return the individual to physiological and/or psychological homeostasis. It will be measured using the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) distress thermometer - a clinical tool currently utilized with the cancer population.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer is a one-item, 11-point Likert scale represented on a visual graphic of a thermometer that ranges from 0 (no distress) to 10 (extreme distress), with which patients indicate their level of distress over the course of the week prior to assessment.

Scores range from 0 to 10 with higher scores representing higher levels of distress.

Scores \>4 indicate distress requiring further evaluation.

Compare the direct effects of Closer, Video-C Only, and Web-Only on depression over time, controlling for DCG demographic variables. Depression will be measured using the 4 item PROMIS Item Bank v1.0 - Emotional Distress-Depression - Short Form 4a.

The PROMIS Item Bank v1.0 - Emotional Distress-Depression - Short Form 4a, a 4 item instrument, is reported as a t-score and can range from 38.2 to 81.3 with higher t-scores representing worse depression.

T-scores from 55-60 represent mild depression, 61-70 moderate depression and \> 70 represent severe depression.

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

The full intervention (Closer) is a tested intervention that uses videoconferencing technology (WebEx) for delivery and delivers the highest dose of the intervention. This arm of the intervention will deliver personalized information to the DCG (aimed at enhancing self-efficacy) and emotional support via nurse coaching as well as the opportunity for the DCG to talk with the oncologist and patient in "real time" during a minimum of four patient-oncologist office visits over a 4-month period (at least once/month). For patients who have more than one oncologist-patient meeting/month, the study will use the videoconference technology to allow the DCG to join as many of the join in as many of the oncologist-patient office visits as desired.

Video-C: use videoconferencing to provide personalized information aimed at enhancing self -efficacy and providing emotional support for distant caregivers of patients with advanced cancers

Nurse Coaching: structured conversations with registered nurses aimed at providing emotional support

Closer

This arm will involve the delivery of information solely via the use of videoconference technology during the patient-oncologist-DCG visit. There is always the possibility that the DCG will receive emotional support from the oncologist during the office visit (as would potentially occur during a face-to-face meeting) - but this will not be "delivered" systematically as in the Closer intervention. As with the Closer intervention, the DCG will be able to participate in the patient-oncologist visit in "real time" during a minimum of four office visits over the 4-month study period (total dose \~5 hours). The procedure for these meetings will be the same as outlined for Closer but will not involve having the nurse involved in the videoconference sessions with the oncologist, patient, and DCG.

Video-C: use videoconferencing to provide personalized information aimed at enhancing self -efficacy and providing emotional support for distant caregivers of patients with advanced cancers

Video-C Only

This group will be provided access to a website that will provide the following major links: a) Caregiving Resources (links to National Family Caregiver Association," etc.), b)Resources for DCGs (links to the Caregiving from a Distance," etc.), c) Cancer Information (links to National Cancer Institute, etc.). DCGs will be told that the study team will track usage of the website in order to assess which areas of the website are used most frequently. Any questions or concerns regarding use of the website can be sent online to the study's technical site, and the support staff will respond within 24 hours. As is current practice, DCGs can call an oncology nurse or oncologist to ask specific questions. Web-Only will deliver the lowest dose of the intervention.

Web-Only: Access to a website with caregiving resources, resources for distant care givers, and cancer information

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Improving Health of Patients With Colon Cancer Following Surgery: A Trial of SA-ICAN Via Videoconferencing	NCT02301338	Colon Cancer	Usual care Phone Calls	65 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Online Information and Support for Distance Caregivers	NCT02666183	Advanced Cancer	Video-C Nurse Coaching Web-Only	18 Years -	Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Improving Health of Patients With Colon Cancer Following Surgery: A Trial of SA-ICAN Via Videoconferencing	NCT02301338	Colon Cancer	Usual care Phone Calls	65 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Improving Health of Patients With Colon Cancer Following Surgery: A Trial of SA-ICAN Via Videoconferencing	NCT02301338	Colon Cancer	Usual care Phone Calls	65 Years -	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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