- ICH GCP
- USA klinikai vizsgálatok nyilvántartása
- Klinikai vizsgálat NCT02322905
Cancer Caregiver Burden: Targeting Emotion Regulation in a Trial (ERT-ICs)
Cancer Caregiver Burden: Targeting Emotion Regulation in a Randomized Controlled Trial
A tanulmány áttekintése
Állapot
Körülmények
Beavatkozás / kezelés
Részletes leírás
PURPOSE:
The primary purpose of the study is to test the efficacy of Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) for informal caregivers (ICs) of cancer patients. ERT is a manualized treatment for ICs and consists of 8 weekly sessions.
AIMS AND HYPOTHESES:
Intervention and mediation effects. In an RCT, the investigators will investigate the efficacy of an 8 session ERT for ICs on psychological and physical distress and a number of other health outcomes in both ICs and cancer patients. Outcomes in the ERT group will be compared to outcomes in a group of ICs and patients receiving usual medical care (UMC) (see Figure 1). ICs receiving ERT compared to ICs receiving UMC are expected to exhibit 1a) significant reductions in psychological distress and perceived caregiving burden, 1b) improvements in quality of life; and 1c) improvements in pro-inflammatory markers of stress/immune functioning. Likewise, patients whose ICs receive ERT are expected to report 2a) reduced anxiety and depression, 2b) improved quality of life and 2c) less chronic inflammation. Due to the design, these effects will be considered following the acute treatment period (pre, mid and post therapy). In addition to this, gains are expected to be maintained over the follow-up-period. In addition, 3) improvements are exptected to be maintained over the follow-up period. Finally, 4) improvements in adaptive emotion regulation (mindfulness, acceptance, and cognitive reappraisal) are expected to mediate the effect of ERT.
PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURES:
ICs of cancer patients with various cancer types will be consecutively recruited from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Staff at the Outpatient Clinic at the Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, will screen ICs at the department. Initially the investigators wanted to include caregivers of patients with lung and colorectal cancer only. However, in order to be able to include caregivers at a faster pace, it was decided - after one month during which only two caregivers were included - to broaden the patient group. Furthermore, it was decided that more than one IC per patient could participate.
After giving informed consent, participants will be randomized to Emotion Regulation Therapy (ERT) or usual medical care (UMC) in a ratio of 1:1 by means of computer-generated randomization lists. Outcome measures will be obtained pre-, mid-, and post-therapy as well as at 3 and 6-month follow-up. At every ERT session, ICs and clinicians will fill out a number of self-report the process measures. Cancer patients will be assessed pre- and post ERT, and at 3 and 6-months follow-up. Every IC and patient will provide blood samples before and after the intervention as well as at follow-ups.
Based on a power calculation (alpha=0.0125, beta=0.90), a dropout rate of 35%, and an intraclass correlation between ICs of the same patient of 0.20, the inclusion of 80 ICs will allow for an interaction effect between group (ERT vs. UMC) and time (acute treatment, thats is, pre, mid and post) of a medium effect size (d=0.5) to be significant.
Tanulmány típusa
Beiratkozás (Tényleges)
Fázis
- Nem alkalmazható
Kapcsolatok és helyek
Tanulmányi helyek
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Aarhus C, Dánia, DK8000
- Unit for Psychooncology and Health Psychology
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Részvételi kritériumok
Jogosultsági kritériumok
Tanulmányozható életkorok
Egészséges önkénteseket fogad
Tanulmányozható nemek
Leírás
Inclusion Criteria:
- Medium levels of distress (distress thermometer > 3) and at least moderate levels of worry or rumination
- Caregiver of patient with cancer
Exclusion Criteria:
- an expected survival of the patient of <6 months,
- active substance abuse (alcohol or drugs), and
- participation in other psychosocial trials.
Tanulási terv
Hogyan készül a tanulmány?
Tervezési részletek
- Elsődleges cél: Kezelés
- Kiosztás: Véletlenszerűsített
- Beavatkozó modell: Crossover kiosztás
- Maszkolás: Nincs (Open Label)
Fegyverek és beavatkozások
Résztvevő csoport / kar |
Beavatkozás / kezelés |
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Kísérleti: Emotion Regulation Therapy
8 sessions of Emotion Regulation Therapy.
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8 sessions of ERT
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Nincs beavatkozás: Usual Medical Care
No planned psychotherapy.
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Mit mér a tanulmány?
Elsődleges eredményintézkedések
Eredménymérő |
Intézkedés leírása |
Időkeret |
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Change in The Caregiver Reaction Assessment and EORTC-QLQ-30
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring burden in ICs and quality of life cancer patients, respectively
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring anxiety and depression
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Penn State Worry Questionnaire
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring worry
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Rumination Response Scale - Brooding subscale only
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring brooding
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Másodlagos eredményintézkedések
Eredménymérő |
Intézkedés leírása |
Időkeret |
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Change in Difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring emotion regulation
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Emotion Regulation Questionnaire
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring emotion regulation
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring mindfulness
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Experiences Questionnaire
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring psychological distancing
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring sleep quality
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in quality of life - WHO-5
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring quality of life
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Change in Pro-inflammatory markers: CRP, TNFalpha, IL-1, IL-6
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, and post-therapy).
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Serum-derived pro-inflammatory markers (only pre and post therapy)
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, and post-therapy).
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Emotional closeness
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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2 items (actual and wanted emotional closeness) rated on a 0-10 scale
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Emotional attention coping (EAC)
Időkeret: Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Questionnaire measuring emotion regulation
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Between-group effect at post, based on the whole treatment duration (pre-, mid- and post-therapy).
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Együttműködők és nyomozók
Szponzor
Nyomozók
- Kutatásvezető: Mia S O'Toole, MSc, University of Aarhus
Publikációk és hasznos linkek
Tanulmányi rekorddátumok
Tanulmány főbb dátumok
Tanulmány kezdete (Tényleges)
Elsődleges befejezés (Tényleges)
A tanulmány befejezése (Tényleges)
Tanulmányi regisztráció dátumai
Először benyújtva
Először nyújtották be, amely megfelel a minőségbiztosítási kritériumoknak
Első közzététel (Becslés)
Tanulmányi rekordok frissítései
Utolsó frissítés közzétéve (Tényleges)
Az utolsó frissítés elküldve, amely megfelel a minőségbiztosítási kritériumoknak
Utolsó ellenőrzés
Több információ
A tanulmányhoz kapcsolódó kifejezések
Kulcsszavak
További vonatkozó MeSH feltételek
Egyéb vizsgálati azonosító számok
- ERT15-17
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