Group Cognitive Behavior Sessions (CBCSM) to Decrease Distress in Cancer Patients

Description

This clinical trial tests how well cognitive behavioral cancer stress management (CBCSM) group sessions work to decrease psychological distress in cancer patients. CBCSM teaches patients how to recognize and reduce the impacts of cancer associated stress on the biological, psychological, and social life domains.

Conditions

Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm, Metastatic Malignant Solid Neoplasm

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This clinical trial tests how well cognitive behavioral cancer stress management (CBCSM) group sessions work to decrease psychological distress in cancer patients. CBCSM teaches patients how to recognize and reduce the impacts of cancer associated stress on the biological, psychological, and social life domains.

A Non-Randomized Translational Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Cancer Stress Management (CBCSM) and Its Effects on Cancer Distress

Group Cognitive Behavior Sessions (CBCSM) to Decrease Distress in Cancer Patients

Condition
Hematopoietic and Lymphoid System Neoplasm
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Rochester

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Eligible for the cognitive behavioral cancer stress management (CBCSM) clinical service
  • * Cancer diagnosis with predicted survival \> 1 year
  • * Cancer treatment within past 1 year or treatment planning in progress
  • * Age \>= 18-years
  • * Moderate distress screen, indicated by Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) score \>= 14 or clinical judgment
  • * Written informed research consent
  • * Inability to actively participate in and learn from group therapy (e.g., psychotic symptoms, neurological condition, personality pathology) as determined by clinical judgment in clinical consultation (Individual therapy or alternative group therapy will be offered)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Mayo Clinic,

Shawna L. Ehlers, Ph.D., L.P., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Study Record Dates

2029-12