Status:
COMPLETED
Cognition in Breast Cancer Patients: The Impact of Cancer-related Stress
Lead Sponsor:
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Collaborating Sponsors:
Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V., Bonn (Germany)
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-65 years
Brief Summary
The study will investigate the impact of cancer-related stress and its consequences (acute and posttraumatic stress symptoms, altered cortisol secretion) on cognitive function in breast cancer patient...
Detailed Description
Primary hypothesis: \*The adverse effects of cancer and cancer therapy on cognitive function in breast cancer patients are entirely or partly mediated by stress and the ensuing dysfunction of the HPA...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria, both patient groups:
- primary breast cancer, stage 0-IIIc, therapy not yet started
- informed consent
- Inclusion Criteria, healthy control group:
- breast diagnostics with benign result (no treatment necessary)
- informed consent
- Exclusion Criteria:
- not fluent in German
- substance abuse
- history of psychosis
- history of neurologic disorder
- previous systemic cancer treatment
- Addison' disease
- Cushing's syndrome
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
254 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01264562
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
October 1 2014
Last Update
May 3 2016
Active Locations (6)
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1
Frauenklinik des Helios Amper Klinikums Dachau
Dachau, Bavaria, Germany, 85221
2
Kreisklinik Ebersberg
Ebersberg, Bavaria, Germany, 85560
3
Klinikum Landshut, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Breast Cancer Services
Landshut, Bavaria, Germany, 84034
4
Rotkreuzklinikum Muenchen
Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 80634