Improving the Well-Being of People With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers: Protocol for an Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of a Dyadic Digital Health Intervention (FOCUSau)

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Hudson PeterORCID,Francis JillORCID,Cohen JoachimORCID,Kapp SuzanneORCID,De Abreu Lourenco RichardORCID,Beatty LisaORCID,Gray KathleenORCID,Jefford MichaelORCID,Juraskova IlonaORCID,Northouse LaurelORCID,de Vleminck AlineORCID,Chang SungwonORCID,Yates PatsyORCID,Athan SophyORCID,Baptista ShairaORCID,Klaic MarlenaORCID,Philip JenniferORCID

Abstract

Background Advanced cancer significantly impacts patients’ and family caregivers’ quality of life. When patients and caregivers are supported concurrently as a dyad, the well-being of each person is optimized. Family, Outlook, Communication, Uncertainty, Symptom management (FOCUS) is a dyadic, psychoeducational intervention developed in the United States, shown to improve the well-being and quality of life of patients with advanced cancer and their primary caregivers. Originally, a nurse-delivered in-person intervention, FOCUS has been adapted into a self-administered web-based intervention for European delivery. Objective The aims of this study are to (1) adapt FOCUS to the Australian context (FOCUSau); (2) evaluate the effectiveness of FOCUSau in improving the emotional well-being and self-efficacy of patients with advanced cancer and their primary caregiver relative to usual care control group; (3) compare health care use between the intervention and control groups; and (4) assess the acceptability, feasibility, and scalability of FOCUSau in order to inform future maintainable implementation of the intervention within the Australian health care system. Methods FOCUS will be adapted prior to trial commencement, using an iterative stakeholder feedback process to create FOCUSau. To examine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of FOCUSau and assess its acceptability, feasibility, and scalability, we will undertake a hybrid type 1 implementation study consisting of a phase 3 (clinical effectiveness) trial along with an observational implementation study. Participants will include patients with cancer who are older than 18 years, able to access the internet, and able to identify a primary support person or caregiver who can also be approached for participation. The sample size consists of 173 dyads in each arm (ie, 346 dyads in total). Patient-caregiver dyad data will be collected at 3 time points—baseline (T0) completed prerandomization; first follow-up (T1; N=346) at 12 weeks post baseline; and second follow-up (T2) at 24 weeks post baseline. Results The study was funded in March 2022. Recruitment commenced in July 2024. Conclusions If shown to be effective, this intervention will improve the well-being of patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers, regardless of their location or current level of health care support. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06082128; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06082128 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/55252

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JMIR Publications Inc.

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