Telemedicine or Standard Care in Treating Patients With Depression and/or Pain Caused By Cancer

NCT00313573 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 480

Last updated 2013-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Telemedicine may help in the treatment of depression and/or pain caused by cancer. It is not yet known whether telemedicine is more effective than standard care in treating depression and/or pain caused by cancer.

PURPOSE: This phase III randomized clinical trial is studying telemedicine to see how well it works compared to standard care in treating patients with depression and/or pain caused by cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

PROCEDURE

pain therapy

PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kurt Kroenke, MD · Regenstrief Institute, Incorporated

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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