Clinical trial · Interventional
" Application of Art Therapy in Oncology: Evaluation of the Symptomatic of Patients Suffering From a Cancerous Disease"
- 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)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of art-therapeutic management on a patient with cancer, during chemotherapy treatment, on the reduction of physical or psychological symptoms. Art therapy is a non-drug approach that can help some patients cope with the consequences of cancer beyond the care provided. The common psychosocial difficulties experienced by cancer patients are pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, drowsiness. In sum, the well-being and quality of life of the patient throughout the illness. The main objective is to evaluate the impact of art therapy, as a supportive care, on improving the well-being felt after a session of cancer treatments (chemotherapy, immunotherapy, ...), during 6 sessions( around 24 days between 2 sessions) , at patients with a cancer pathology using two questionnaires, one on the evaluation of symptoms (ESAS), the other on the quality of life (FACT-G).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Therapy-Associated Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- With art therapy
- description
- Art therapy as supportive care in 6 consecutive sessions of cancer treatments with or without additional supportive care
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Art therapy
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Without art therapy
- description
- 6 consecutive sessions of cancer treatments without art therapy with other supportive care added.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Average, Over the 6 Treatment Sessions, of the Change in the ESAS 'Well-being" Assessed Before and After Each Treatment Session.
- timeFrame
- Before and after each chimotherapy session - 6 sessions between 6 weeks to 6 months
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * aged over 18 * patient cared for on Onco-hematology day with a cancerous pathology * consent of the patient * patient affiliated to social Security Exclusion Criteria: * patient minor * patient under legal protection * patient with too much impairment of vital and / or cognitive functions to participate and understand the study * patient whose predictable management is less than the follow-up period (6 sessions), * patient who has already participated in an art therapy session during their lifetime
References
Publications (12)
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- BACKGROUNDGotze H, Geue K, Buttstadt M, Singer S, Schwarz R. [Art therapy for cancer patients in outpatient care. Psychological distress and coping of the participants]. Forsch Komplementmed. 2009 Feb;16(1):28-33. doi: 10.1159/000191211. Epub 2009 Jan 30. German. PMID 19295227
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- BACKGROUNDCella DF, Tulsky DS, Gray G, Sarafian B, Linn E, Bonomi A, Silberman M, Yellen SB, Winicour P, Brannon J, et al. The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: development and validation of the general measure. J Clin Oncol. 1993 Mar;11(3):570-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.3.570.