CompletedNot Applicable

Building a Renewed ImaGe After Head & Neck Cancer Treatment

United States11 participantsStarted 2018-02-08

Plain-language summary

This study will evaluate whether a time-limited cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention in the post-treatment time period can address body image disturbance (BID) in patients with surgically-treated head and neck cancer (HNC), thereby improving BID and quality of life (QOL).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pathologic diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract (oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx) or cutaneous malignancy of the head and neck (e.g. squamous cell, basal cell, melanoma, etc) * Age \> 18 * American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stages I-IV * Curative intent therapy with surgery with or without adjuvant therapy * Body Image Scale (BIS) score \> 5 up to 1 year post-treatment Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to speak English * Known distant metastatic disease * Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to give informed consent

What they're measuring

Change in Body Image Disturbance

Timeframe: Prior to intervention until 3 months after completion of intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03518671

SponsorMedical University of South Carolina

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-08-22

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