Status:

RECRUITING

Study Assessing the Effects of Early Psychiatric Referral on Mental Health and Quality of Life in People With Sarcoma

Lead Sponsor:

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Conditions:

Sarcoma

Bone Sarcoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of early access to mental healthcare during sarcoma treatment as well as to assess the association between early access to psychiatric care ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Tissue diagnosis of primary bone or soft tissue sarcoma
  • o Note: high suspicion of sarcoma on history and imaging acceptable, if reviewed and approved by the PI
  • Presenting to the Orthopaedic Surgery Service
  • Treatment plan includes surgery at MSK for treatment of the primary sarcoma
  • No previous treatment for sarcoma
  • Proficient in English
  • As determined by use of the Census-LEP question
  • The patient's response to the question: "How well do you speak English?" must be "very-well" for inclusion. Additionally, English must be identified as the patient's preferred language for discussing healthcare.

Exclusion

  • Significant psychiatric disturbance determined from self-report and/or chart review, sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in the study" (e.g., underlying severe mental illness, h/o suicide attempts, or h/o psychiatric admissions) Clinical concern at the time of randomization of mental health urgency or emergency requiring evaluation; urgency and emergency will be defined as moderate or high scores, respectively, on the CSSR-S or according to the judgment of the orthopaedic physician evaluating the patient
  • Note: investigators considered exclusion of patients with no or mild symptoms of anxiety and depression, however due to risk of new symptoms arising during the course of treatment, risk of underreporting, risk of under detection, and given prior data on the high prevalence of symptoms, we elected to include all patients in this pilot study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 7 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 7 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06129903

Start Date

November 7 2023

End Date

November 7 2026

Last Update

May 16 2025

Active Locations (8)

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Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)

Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States, 07920

2

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)

Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748

3

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)

Montvale, New Jersey, United States, 07645

4

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited Protocol Activities )

Commack, New York, United States, 11725