Cancer Survivorship in Hematologic Malignancies

Assiut University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Cancer Survivors

Treatments: Other: questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05780411

Cancer survivor syndrome

Details and patient eligibility

About

General objective: to improve care for haematological cancer survivors. This study will (i) Estimate the incidence of cancer survivor syndrome (CSS) in adult Egyptian patients with haematological neoplasms (HN). (ii) Asses the risk factors of CSS in patients with HN. (iii) Study the effect of CSS on quality of life in patients with HN. (iv) To explore coping strategies of patients with HN having CSS

Full description

According to the American Cancer Society the term cancer survivor refersto people who have no signs of cancer after finishing treatment, people receiving extended treatment over a longer period of time to control the cancer or reduce risk of its return, and people with advanced cancer. Most hematologic malignancies (HM) are incurable and typically follow unpredictable remitting-relapsing pathways associated with varying need for treatment, which may be distressing for patients. Distress symptoms and psychological disorders secondary to cancer have also been shown to have significant negative consequences for both the patient and the family.

Maladaptive coping and abnormal illness behavior have been associated with psychiatric conditions, with negative effects on adherence to treatment, health behavior, and quality of life (Grassi et al 2017). Moreover, an increased length of stay in the hospital and/or an increased time in rehabilitation have been found to be more common among patients showing psychiatric symptoms, especially depression, than those with normal adjustment to illness (Cordova et al 2017). Unfortunately, cancer-related distress is commonly underrecognized and subsequently undertreated especially for patients with HM in developing countries. Search in literature revealed several screening methods for the psychological consequences of cancer such as Distress Thermometer , Symptom related checklist questionnaire, Quality of life questionnaire, Coping strategies questionnaire. Also, guidelines for the management of psychological distress have been developed by several scientific cancer associations.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a. Inclusion criteria:

  1. Age will be more than or equal 18 years old regardless with six.
  2. Patients have been clinically diagnosed with haematological cancers.
  3. Being Native Egyptian patients.

Exclusion criteria

• History of psychiatric disorders. b) Having other concomitant haematological diseases or solid neoplasm or relapse or other chronic disorders

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Myloid group

Description:

Patients diagnosed as Multiple Myeloma, treated, and not in relapse

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire

Lymphoid group

Description:

Patients diagnosed as having lymphoma, treated, and not in relapse

Treatment:

Other: questionnaire