Psychological Interventions for Gynecologic Cancer

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Conditions studied: Gynecologic Cancer

In brief

Subjects that have received medical treatment for ovarian cancer can be both physically and emotionally demanding for patients. The purpose of this study is to determine whether two common pyschological interventions (Communication Skills Intervention and Supportive Counseling) may improve the well-being of ovarian cancer patients compared to usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01951807

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

375

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-19

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Newly diagnosed with any stage of primary ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, or primary fallopian tube cancer in the past 6 months
• Newly diagnosed with High Grade Stage 2, any grade Stage 3 or higher endometrial cancer in the past 6 months
• Newly diagnosed with Stage 2 or higher cervical cancer withing the past 6 months
• Newly diagnosed with any stage of Uterine cancer (both sarcoma and carcinosarcoma) in the past 6 months
• At the time of recruitment, the patient is on active treatment defined as either currently receiving chemotherapy or radiation or less than 6 months post-cancer surgery
• At the time of recruitment, a Karnofsky Performance Status of 80 or above or an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score of 0 or 1
• English speaking
• Lives within a two-hour commuting distance from the recruitment site
• No hearing impairment
• Has signed consent within 6 months of diagnosis date

Where it is running

• Cooper Health System — Camden, New Jersey, United States
• Cancer Institute of New Jersey at Hamilton — Hamilton, New Jersey, United States
• Morristown Medical Center — Morristown, New Jersey, United States
• Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• Jefferson University School of Medicine — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Fox Chase Cancer Center — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pennsylvania Health System — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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