Clinical trial · Interventional
Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer
Enhancing Coping Skills in Patients With Cancer - a Randomized Controlled Study
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): This study is currently terminated due to low recruitment rate.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
* Approximately 30% of all patients with cancer report levels of psychological distress indicative of the need for psychological intervention. * Research suggests that learning more adaptive coping strategies improves psychological adjustment to cancer. * It is imperative to develop cost-efficient, feasible psychosocial interventions. * The aim is to test the efficacy of the self administered format of a psycho-educational intervention (NUCARE) in reducing distress and enhancing adaptive coping strategies for cancer patients. It is hypothesized that: * patients would show significant reductions in distress (i.e., depression and anxiety) over the 6-week treatment period, and that treatment would produce superior results compared to wait-list; patients would maintain or even increase their improvement up to 3 months following treatment. * the treatment would enhance more adaptive coping strategies. * greater self-reported adherence to the treatment/homework would be associated with symptom improvement, more autonomous self-regulation and higher perceived competence for adhering to the coping intervention program.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self administered coping intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Immediate Intervention Treatment
- interventionNames
- Other: Self administered coping intervention
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Wait list
- interventionNames
- Other: Self administered coping intervention
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in The Health Education Impact Questionnaire from pre to post intervention, at 6 weeks post intervention, and 3 months post intervention
- timeFrame
- pre-intervention (week 0), post intervention (week 6), 6 weeks post intervention, 3 months post intervention
Secondary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 18+ years of age, * able to read English, * a cancer patient presenting at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) interested in participating, * willing to receive minimal therapist contact (by telephone) and self administered therapy, * able to give their own consent. Exclusion Criteria: * currently receiving psychological/psychiatric treatment/counselling, * indicate at the time of recruitment that they intend to seek psychological treatment elsewhere during the study period, * a history of psychosis or bipolar disorder, * substance abuse/dependence in last 6 months, * taking psychotropic medication with altering dosages in the past 3 months.
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