Emerging From the Haze™- Measuring the Impact of a Psycho-education Program on Perceived Cognition After Breast Cancer Treatment
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Conditions studied: Cognition, Cancer
In brief
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, we have developed a novel curriculum for a 6-week psycho-educationally-based, cognitive behavioral program to help patients with subjective cognitive complaints after cancer treatment, titled Emerging from the Haze™ (Haze). Each series meets once a week for 2 hours for 6 weeks. The leading neuropsychologist covers material such as guided relaxation, behavioral strategies for automatic/negative thoughts, compensatory strategies for attention and memory, executive functioning, pacing, and balance. Each Haze series will be electronically delivered in a live format to our satellite site, The University of Kansas.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02360917
- Run by
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- People needed
- 31
- Starts
- 2015-07-06
- Expected to finish
- 2018-05-23
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-11-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Completed treatment for stage 1-3 breast cancer at least two months but not more than 24 months prior to enrollment.
- Having received chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy
- Female, Age ≥18 years.
- FACT-Cog score less than 59 on the Perceived Cognitive Impairment subscale
- Eligible after 2 months of completing all their active cancer treatment with the exception of long-term hormonal treatments or trastuzumab.
- Subjective complaint of cognitive concerns at time of enrollment
- Must be able to understand and communicate proficiently in English
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.
- Agree to complete study surveys
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who have significant personality disorders or unstable psychiatric disorders (including active major depression, substance abuse, psychosis or bipolar disorder) as assessed by the interviewing clinician
- Patients with known brain metastases, history of brain metastases or radiation to the brain.
- Patients with a history of stroke or other pre-existing neurological condition that may contribute to cognitive dysfunction.
- Non-English speakers
- Receiving treatment for another malignancy other than breast cancer
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, chronic anemia, uncontrolled hypothyroidism, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
Where it is running
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
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