Anxiety With Cancer in the Elderly (ACE): A Cognitive-behavioral Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life
In brief
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of and patient adherence to a telephone-administered cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for anxiety in older adults (65 years and older) with cancer and their primary informal caregiver. This study will also examine whether the intervention has a clinically significant impact on patient anxiety (primary outcome) and depression, distress, and quality of life (secondary outcomes).
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02747160
- Run by
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 2016-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-07-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-10-14
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient age 65 years or older
- Diagnosis of cancer
- Patient and/or caregiver score of 8 or higher on the anxiety subscale of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
- A primary informal caregiver who is willing and able to participate
- Patient and caregiver are able to communicate over the telephone
- Caregiver is age 21 years or older.
You may not qualify if…
- Patient or caregiver is not fluent in English
- Patient or caregiver is too weak or cognitively impaired to participate in the intervention
- Patient or caregiver has received CBT since the patient's cancer diagnosis
- Patient or caregiver has an active major psychiatric condition such as schizophrenia
- Patient only experiences anxiety in the context of a specific medical procedure
- Patient or caregiver endorses active suicidal ideation
Where it is running
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University — New York, New York, United States
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