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Structured Post-Operative Pain and Distress Treatment Intervention for Patients Undergoing Surgery for Intra-Abdominal Malignancies

NCT06858202 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2026-04-07

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if different video based coping strategies can help patients undergoing surgery for cancer can improve patients pain and distress after surgery for their cancer.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

* Is it possible to use video-based coping strategies to help manage pain and distress after surgery?
* Is one type of coping strategy better than another?

Researchers will compare mindfulness-based coping strategies (e.g., guided meditation, expressive writing, etc.) with non-mindfulness coping strategies (e.g., support from social workers and the wellness center, health education, etc.) to understand how these can help in post-surgery recovery, pain management, and distress.

Participants will:

* Provide their full name, date of surgery, e-mail address, and phone number and agree to be contacted via email or text messaging.
* Fill out some questionnaires before surgery, which should take 10-15 minutes.
* Be assigned to one of three coping strategies.
* Review a video (about 15-20 minutes long) or links to online resources before surgery and respond to questions about pain and distress before and after viewing these materials.
* Review additional videos or links 2, 3, and 4 days after surgery and respond to questions about pain and distress before and after viewing these materials.
* Complete additional questionnaires 2 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after surgery. These questionnaires will be sent by text or email and should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.

Conditions

  • Psychological Distress
  • Intra-abdominal Cancer

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Intervention

Guided meditation or guided expressive writing

BEHAVIORAL

Non-mindfulness Intervention

Standard inpatient and outpatient resources available for Huntsman Cancer Institute patients through social work and the Wellness and Integrative Health Center. Participants will be encouraged to ask their providers for more information or if appropriate more consults to the appropriate resources if interested.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Erin Ward, MD · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-20
Primary Completion
2026-09-30
Completion
2026-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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