TY  - JOUR
AU  - Kvale, Elizabeth
AU  - Phillips, Farya
AU  - Ghosh, Samiran
AU  - Lea, Jayanthi
AU  - Hoppenot, Claire
AU  - Costales, Anthony
AU  - Sunde, Jan
AU  - Badr, Hoda
AU  - Nwogu-Onyemkpa, Eberechi
AU  - Saleem, Nimrah
AU  - Ward, Rikki
AU  - Balasubramanian, Bijal
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/2/9
TI  - Survivorship Care for Women Living With Ovarian Cancer: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
JO  - JMIR Res Protoc
SP  - e48069
VL  - 13
KW  - chronic survivorship
KW  - metastatic survivor
KW  - metavivor
KW  - ovarian cancer
KW  - persons living with cancer
KW  - quality of life
KW  - survivor
KW  - survivorship care
KW  - survivorship transition
AB  - Background: Ovarian cancer ranks 12th in cancer incidence among women in the United States and 5th among causes of cancer-related death. The typical treatment of ovarian cancer focuses on disease management, with little attention given to the survivorship needs of the patient. Qualitative work alludes to a gap in survivorship care; yet, evidence is lacking to support the delivery of survivorship care for individuals living with ovarian cancer. We developed the POSTCare survivorship platform with input from survivors of ovarian cancer and care partners as a means of delivering patient-centered survivorship care. This process is framed by the chronic care model and relevant behavioral theory. Objective: The overall goal of this study is to test processes of care that support quality of life (QOL) in survivorship. The specific aims are threefold: first, to test the efficacy of the POSTCare platform in supporting QOL, reducing depressive symptom burden, and reducing recurrence worry. In our second aim, we will examine factors that mediate the effect of the intervention. Our final aim focuses on understanding aspects of care platform design and delivery that may affect the potential for dissemination. Methods: We will enroll 120 survivors of ovarian cancer in a randomized controlled trial and collect data at 12 and 24 weeks. Each participant will be randomized to either the POSTCare platform or the standard of care process for survivorship. Our population will be derived from 3 clinics in Texas; each participant will have received some combination of treatment modalities; continued maintenance therapy is not exclusionary. Results: We will examine the impact of the POSTCare-O platform on QOL at 12 weeks after intervention as the primary end point. We will look at secondary outcomes, including depressive symptom burden, recurrence anxiety, and physical symptom burden. We will identify mediators important to the impact of the intervention to inform revisions of the intervention for subsequent studies. Data collection was initiated in November 2023 and will continue for approximately 2 years. We expect results from this study to be published in early 2026. Conclusions: This study will contribute to the body of survivorship science by testing a flexible platform for survivorship care delivery adapted for the specific survivorship needs of patients with ovarian cancer. The completion of this project will contribute to the growing body of science to guide survivorship care for persons living with cancer. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05752448; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05752448 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/48069 
SN  - 1929-0748
UR  - https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e48069
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/48069
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38335019
DO  - 10.2196/48069
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/48069
ER  -