Trial reportRespirology case reports2025
Evaluation of a Digital Health Model of Care for the Management of Adults With Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusion.
Trial report in Respirology case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Evaluation of a Digital Health Model of Care for the Management of Adults With Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusion.Respirology case reports · 2025Trial
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Abstract
Background: The management of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is inconsistent across health services. Many centres do not routinely offer all treatment options for MPE, with indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) being a primary example. This may be due to lack of specialist expertise or nursing capability to support the community-based treatment. New approaches are required to improve access to MPE treatments. This proof-of-concept study examines the feasibility of a virtual model of care for MPE, known as the specialist ambulatory pleural service (SAPS) model of care. This model will be compared with current approaches at other health services in the state, in terms of healthcare utilisation and costs. It will also assess health-related quality of life in individuals with MPE and report patient, carer and nurse experiences with the SAPS model of care. Methods: A prospective, multi-centre, mixed-methods study will be performed. Participants with symptomatic MPE requiring intervention will be consecutively enrolled. The primary outcome is pleural effusion-related hospitalisation from enrolment to death or end of study participation. Secondary outcomes include: Overall hospitalisation, unplanned pleural effusion-related outpatient and emergency department (ED) visits, pleural-related healthcare costs, adverse events, overall survival, percentage of screened patients recruited, percentage dropped out/lost to follow up, percentage of scheduled home visits carried out, percentage of teleultrasound assessments completed, technical issues, percentage of symptom logbooks completed, quality of life, longitudinal symptom monitoring, participant and nursing attitudes to the SAPS model of care, patient activation measure and a stakeholder interview of the SAPS model of care implementation. Discussion: Digital health may improve access to MPE treatments by reducing barriers to specialist care and facilitating training and support for community staff. This trial assesses the SAPS model of care, providing data on barriers and facilitators to its implementation, its efficacy, costs and qualitative outcomes.
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