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A Psychosocial Intervention Plus Early Palliative Care in the Reduction of Depression of Advanced Cancer Patients

NCT02133274 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2017-02-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief psychosocial intervention together with early palliative care are feasible, acceptable and effective in the reduction of depressive symptoms of patients with advanced cancers starting first line palliative chemotherapy.

Conditions

  • Neoplasms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Psychosocial Intervention

Five weekly sessions of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention based of Behavioral Cognitive Therapy designed specifically for the present study.

OTHER

Early Palliative Care

Early integration of Palliative Care into the standard oncologic care. Patients starting first line chemotherapy will receive immediately evaluation by the board-certified palliative care physicians.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Barretos Cancer Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carlos E Paiva, MD, PHD · Barretos Cancer Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-02-29
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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