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Communication Training in Promoting Employment Retention Among Cancer Patients

NCT02895490 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2016-09-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized clinical trial studies communication training in promoting employment retention among cancer patients. Communication training may improve patient-employer communication and increase the likelihood that cancer patients will remain employed, reduce patients' time away from work, and increase workplace accommodations that enable patients to balance treatment and work.

Conditions

  • Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

Receive a DVD containing educational information and communication skills

OTHER

communication skills training

Receive a DVD containing educational information and communication skills

OTHER

educational intervention

Receive information about the LINC group

OTHER

questionnaire administration

Ancillary studies

OTHER

quality-of-life assessment

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard Brown · Massey Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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