Structured Multidisciplinary Intervention or Standard Medical Care in Improving Quality of Life in Patients Receiving Active Cancer Treatment

Completed

Conditions studied: Malignant Neoplasm

In brief

This randomized clinical trial studies structured multidisciplinary intervention or standard medical care in improving quality of life (QOL) in patients receiving active cancer treatment. A structured multidisciplinary intervention may improve the QOL in patients receiving treatment for cancer. It is not yet known whether structured multidisciplinary intervention is more effective than standard medical care in improving QOL

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01360814

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

138

Starts

2005-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-07-02

Last updated by the study team

2019-12-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ability to attend all treatment sessions and follow-up
• Ability to provide written informed consent
• Ability to participate in all aspects of the study
• Initial diagnosis of cancer must have been =< 12 months prior to study entry
• Intermediate to poor prognosis, defined as an expected 5-year survival of 0-50% in the judgment of the physicians entering the patient on the study
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0, 1, or 2
• >= 1 week of planned cancer treatment at Mayo Clinic
• Has a caregiver also willing to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scores of < 20
• Expected survival of < 6 months
• Active substance abuse (alcohol or drug)
• Participation in other psycho-social research trials
• Active thought disorder (bipolar illness, schizophrenia, etc.)
• Suicidal intent or plan
• In need of psychiatric hospitalization
• Recurrent disease after disease-free interval of > 6 months
• Previous cancer =< 5 years (except non-melanoma skin cancer and/or second cancer diagnosed at approximately the same time as this cancer)

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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