NCT00915889

Psychosocial Support for African-American, Latina-American, or European-American Cervical Cancer Survivors

Cervical Cancer Survivorship Among African-, European-, and Latina-American Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 340 (actual)
• Sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Telephone counseling may help reduce depression and anxiety and improve the well-being and quality of life of cervical cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well psychosocial support works in African-American, Latina-American, or European-American cervical cancer survivors.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the utility of the 6 telephone sessions (low intensity: LiTx) and 8 telephone sessions (high intensity: HiTx) plus Survivorship Booklet designed to educate and improve awareness of the physical and psychological impact of cancer and increase knowledge of appropriate medical and psychosocial resources for women with cervical cancer. II. To evaluate the utility of the telephone sessions (LiTx and HiTx) designed to improve psychological functioning (decrease depression and anxiety) of women with cervical cancer. III. To evaluate the utility of the telephone sessions (LiTx and HiTx) designed to improve social functioning (family support and communication). OUTLINE: Patients are clinically assigned to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients receive a survivorship booklet in the mail that contains information about cervical cancer. Patients then receive a follow-up telephone call at 3 months to clarify any issues relevant to the survivorship booklet. GROUP II: Patients are randomly assigned to receive either 6 or 8 weekly telephone sessions that address managing medical issues, health education, and cancer resources; balancing emotions and managing stress; coping skills and problem solving; family and social concerns; relational, intimacy, and sexual concerns; and financial and employment concerns. Patients also receive a survivorship booklet as in group I.

Conditions

• Cancer Survivor
• Cervical Cancer
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	telephone-based intervention	Either 6 or 8 telephone educational sessions
OTHER	counseling intervention	counseling and communications studies
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Ancillary studies
OTHER	study of socioeconomic and demographic variables	Ancillary Studies
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care	6 weeks or 8 weeks of psychoeducational telephone sessions

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2009-06-08
• Last updated: 2015-06-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States