The Effect of Cognitive Behavior Intervention on Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients and Their Family Members - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Rambam Health Care Campus
Information provided by:	Rambam Health Care Campus
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00279474

Purpose

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of cognitive behavior group intervention with cancer patients and their family members. Around 80 cancer patients and their family members will participate in group intervention and will be compared with 80 controls.

Condition	Intervention
Cancer	Behavioral: cognitive-behavior groups

MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title:	Evaluation of the Effect of Cognitive Behavior Intervention on Psychological Distress of Cancer Patients and Their Family Members

Further study details as provided by Rambam Health Care Campus:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Reduction in psychological distress, level of fatigue and sleep problems

Estimated Enrollment:	320
Study Start Date:	July 2004
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2005

Detailed Description:

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of cognitive behavior group intervention with cancer patients and their family members. Around 80 cancer patients and their family members will participate in group intervention and will be compared with 80 controls (randomized control study). Brief Symptom Inventory,Fatigue inventory, Mini Sleep Questionnaire and repression-sensitization questionnaire will be answered by the participants pre-, post-intervention and after four months.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	20 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Hebrew speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

psychiatric condition

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00279474

Contacts

Contact: Miri Cohen	972 523 688623	cohenm@research.haifa.ac.il
Contact: Georgeta Fried	972 4 853018

Locations

Israel
Rambam medical center, Oncology department	Recruiting
Haifa, Israel
Contact: Miri Cohen, PhD 972 52 3688623 cohenm@research.haifa.ac.il

Sponsors and Collaborators

Rambam Health Care Campus

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Miri Cohen, PhD

Rambam Health Care Campus

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	1951CTIL
Study First Received:	January 17, 2006
Last Updated:	January 17, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00279474
Health Authority:	Israel: Israeli Health Ministry Pharmaceutical Administration

Keywords provided by Rambam Health Care Campus:

cancer patients
family
cognitive behavior
distress

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009