NCT01951807

Psychological Interventions for Gynecologic Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 375 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

Very little is known in the psycho-oncology literature about why psychological interventions are effective or for how long these interventions exert an impact. Given many cancer patients experience recurrence and/or progression, it is important to know whether our relatively brief interventions facilitate how patients cope with this most-feared medical event. From a theoretical perspective, the study will advance our understanding of the mechanisms for change for two common treatment approaches, supportive and cognitive behavioral therapies. Subjects will be enrolled and upon completion of a baseline survey, randomized to into one of three arms - Communication Skills Intervention, Supportive Counseling, and Usual Care. Subjects will complete surveys during the course of the interventions.

Conditions

• Gynecologic Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Psychotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-07-19
• Completion: 2017-07-19
• First posted: 2013-09-27
• Last updated: 2017-11-17

Locations

9 sites across 1 country: United States