UICC World Cancer Congress 2006

Methods: The study is designed in three phases. Phase I consists of usual care to describe the current status of pain and fatigue management in a comprehensive cancer center. Phase II will be a High Intensity Intervention including patient and professional education, peer audit and feedback to address these categories of barriers. Phase III will be a Low Intensity Support Intervention to move the intervention to a more realistic model of care in the clinical setting. Aims include: 1 – Test the effects of the “Passport” intervention on outcomes of pain and fatigue at 1 and 3 months post intervention. Aim 2 – Test the effect of selected demographic and disease/treatment variables on outcomes of the Passport Model at 1 and 3 months post intervention. Aim 3 – Examine the perceived satisfaction with the Passport Model by patients and providers. Aim 4 – Test the effects of the “Passport” intervention by comparing the Phase II High Intensity Intervention to the Phase III Low Intensity Intervention. Results: Phase I will conclude in May 2006. Initial analysis of results (n=100) indicate that significant patient, professional and system barriers exist to effective management of pain and fatigue.