BT-LIFE

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Brain Tumours, Lifestyle Interventions, and Fatigue Evaluation: a multi-centre, feasibility, Randomised Controlled Trial.

  • IRAS ID

    234569

  • Contact name

    Alasdair G Rooney

  • Contact email

    ally.rooney@ed.ac.uk

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 3 months, 30 days

  • Research summary

    'BT-LIFE' stands for “Brain Tumours, Lifestyle Interventions, and Fatigue Evaluation."

    We aim to see if it is feasible to treat fatigue without using drugs, in people who have (or have had) a brain tumour. We are testing two non-drug treatments. The first treatment involves improving lifestyle factors with an intervention called “Health Coaching”. The second treatment involves interviews with a trained life coach, called “Patient Activation”. These new approaches have a lot of potential to change how we manage fatigue in clinic, if they are feasible to deliver.

    To answer the question of feasibility we will conduct a feasibility randomised controlled trial in three UK neuro-oncology centres. A total of 60 participants will be randomised to control (information leaflet), Health Coaching, or Health Coaching + Patient Activation arms. We will monitor recruitment and retention, administer questionnaires, and develop systems that we may use in a future, definitive trial.

  • REC name

    South East Scotland REC 02

  • REC reference

    18/SS/0025

  • Date of REC Opinion

    23 Mar 2018

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion