Survivorship Care in Reducing Symptoms in Young Adult Cancer Survivors (NCT02192333) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Survivorship Care in Reducing Symptoms in Young Adult Cancer Survivors
United States390 participantsStarted 2015-08-03
Plain-language summary
This randomized clinical trial studies survivorship care in reducing symptoms in young adult cancer survivors. Survivorship care programs that identify the needs of young adult cancer survivors and ways to support them through the years after treatment may help reduce symptoms, such as pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, and distress, in young adult cancer survivors.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 39 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients enrolled on phase 1 of the study are eligible (and/or if recruited from tumor registry or clinic follow-up schedules)
* Diagnosed with invasive malignancy including: breast, gastrointestinal track, female or male genitourinary system, sarcoma of bone or soft-tissue, leukemia and lymphoma
* Treated at one of the Survivorship Centers of Excellence or their community affiliates
* Received a therapeutic intervention with at least one of the following modalities: surgery, cytotoxic chemotherapy, biological or targeted agents, radiation therapy (any modality)
* Currently between 1.0 and 4.99 years from the completion of active cancer-directed therapy (cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or definitive surgical intervention)
* Patient must still be in active follow-up: seen for a follow-up visit in the participating center at least once in the 3 years prior to enrollment and/or scheduled to be seen for follow-up in the next 6 months (i.e. in active follow-up)
* May be receiving "maintenance" therapy that has a goal of prevention of recurrence but there should be no expectations for further active treatment
* Able to read and speak English adequate to complete the patient-reported outcomes (PRO) assessment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Prior visit to a survivorship clinic or previously provided with a treatment summary and care plan
What they're measuring
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Mean of the two z scores of the two highest scores for the symptoms that determined the participant's eligibility as "high need" assessed using patient-reported outcomes (PRO) survey