Status:
COMPLETED
Investigating the Impact of Tailored Reports on Anxiety Amongst Cancer Patients and Their Confidants
Lead Sponsor:
University of Plymouth
Conditions:
Breast Neoplasms
Prostatic Neoplasms
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Objective: To explore the hypothesis that different methods of selecting and printing information for cancer patients could improve emotional support by affecting interaction with others, and so lead ...
Detailed Description
Aim: * Based on a randomised trial the researchers aimed to model use of leaflets in the home as a function of three factors: 1. whether patients chose the information themselves or if it was chos...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients starting outpatient radiotherapy treatment with breast, prostate, cervical or laryngeal cancer
Exclusion
- Receiving palliative care
- Severe pain or symptoms causing distress
- Having cancer at other sites
- Having no spoken English
- Receiving treatment for psychological or psychiatric problems
- Visual or mental handicap
- Having case notes not available or ambiguous or illegible.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
July 1 2003
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00127465
Start Date
November 1 2001
End Date
July 1 2003
Last Update
December 11 2008
Active Locations (1)
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Beatson Oncology Centre
Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G11 6NT