Clinical trial · Interventional
Printed Education Materials in Patients Who Are Finishing Treatment for Stage I, Stage II, or Stage IIIA Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Prostate Cancer, or Chest Cancer
Efficacy and Feasibility of a Psychosocial Intervention Within the CCOP Context: Evaluation of the Facing Forward Guide to Facilitate Life After Active Cancer Treatment
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
RATIONALE: Printed educational materials, such as the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual, may help make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier in patients who are finishing treatment for cancer. It is not yet known if the Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment manual and The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet is more effective than the The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers fact sheet alone in helping to make life after cancer treatment easier and to improve quality of life in patients with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well printed education materials work in assisting patients who are finishing treatment for stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA breast cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, or chest cancer to make the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor easier.
Conditions
Conditions (7)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Colorectal Cancer | Malignant Colorectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Malignant Mesothelioma | Malignant Mesothelioma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Prostate Cancer | Malignant Prostate Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| quality-of-life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I
- description
- Patients receive a specific print intervention manual entitled Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment and a general print intervention fact sheet entitled The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers.
- interventionNames
- Other: educational intervention
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm II
- description
- Patients receive the general print intervention fact sheet entitled The Cancer Information Service, Questions and Answers.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
- Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of breast, colorectal, prostate, or thoracic cancer\* * Stage I-III disease * Approaching, attending, or already attended with the past 28 days, the last treatment appointment of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy NOTE: \*Stage IIIA disease for thoracic cancer and excluded mesothelioma; if small cell lung cancer is present must be limited stage disease * No more than 1 primary cancer * No recurrent disease * Hormone receptor status not specified PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Male or female * Menopausal status not specified * Able to speak/read English at an 8th grade level PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * See Disease Characteristics * No prior brachytherapy only * No prior surgery only (i.e., must have received prior adjuvant therapy and surgery)
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDGreen BL, Krupnick JL, Rowland JH, Epstein SA, Stockton P, Spertus I, Stern N. Trauma history as a predictor of psychologic symptoms in women with breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2000 Mar;18(5):1084-93. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2000.18.5.1084. PMID 10694561