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Depression and Adherence in Head and Neck Cancer

NCT00498875 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 185

Last updated 2026-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Primary Objectives:

* Develop and pilot test an innovative intervention to determine its feasibility and acceptability to patients. Recruitment rate, patient satisfaction, attendance, questionnaire completion rates and the reliability and validity of the questionnaires will be assessed.
* Conduct preliminary analyses on the efficacy of the intervention in improving patients' depression. Evaluate whether depression levels in patients receiving the intervention decreases, and whether the decrease is greater among those who complete more sessions.
* Test the relationship between patients' depression levels and adherence to swallowing rehabilitation and to dental preventive maintenance regimens.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Questionnaire regarding mood, coping with cancer, how closely you follow your treatment schedule, your thoughts, your demographic information (such as age and race), and your medical history. If the answers to your questionnaire indicate that you may be depressed, you will be offered the intervention portion of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Depression Intervention

Sessions given over 7 weeks and each lasting 30-45 minutes, that use "cognitive-behavioral" techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eileen H. Shinn, PhD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-15
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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