T-CRF - Telehealth Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF)

Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is a debilitating adverse effect of cancer and its treatment reported by cancer survivors. Physical activity, psychological interventions and management of concurrent symptoms have been shown to be effective in alleviating CRF. There is no systematic model of care in the acute cancer care setting that specifically targets CRF.

Goal 

This pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) will determine the feasibility of a telehealth CRF clinic intervention (T-CRF) to implement evidence-based strategies and assess the impact of the intervention on CRF and other clinical factors in comparison to usual care.

Aims

The T-CRF pilot trial has a primary objective to determine the feasibility of the intervention (evidenced by identification of recruitment methods; recruitment rate and uptake; attrition; adherence; fidelity; apathy; and intervention functionality, acceptability and satisfaction) and secondarily to determine the clinical efficacy (looking at cancer survivor fatigue, symptom burden, level of physical activity, productivity loss, hospital resource utilisation and carer’s fatigue and productivity loss).