Pain Coping Skills for Colorectal Cancer Survivors

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Telephone-Based Coping Skills Training (CST)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02706301

Pro00063330

Details and patient eligibility

About

Colorectal cancer survivors experience long-term negative physical and psychosocial consequences of their disease. There is a critical need to develop novel behavioral interventions for improving colorectal cancer survivor outcomes. The investigators have developed a pain management intervention for colorectal cancer survivors that focuses on addressing both pain and psychological distress. Colorectal cancer survivors who endorse pain and comorbid psychological distress as a concern during a clinic-based survivorship care consult will be recruited. Participants will be randomized into either: Telephone-Based Coping Skills Training (CST) for pain and comorbid psychological distress or standard care. The CST condition will receive 5 sessions of a cognitive behavior theory-based protocol that teaches coping skills (e.g., relaxation, activity pacing/planning, cognitive restructuring) relevant to managing pain and psychological distress. The standard care control condition will receive resources and referrals related to managing survivorship health.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >21 years old
• personal history of colorectal cancer
• finished active cancer treatment within the past 12 months
• reported pain as a concern as well as psychological distress on a National Comprehensive Cancer Network screener
• able to speak and read English
• able and willing to give informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• currently undergoing active cancer treatment
• have a major mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia)
• have a mental illness that is not being treated/controlled (e.g., bipolar disorder)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

Telephone-Based Coping Skills Training (CST)

Experimental group

Description:

The CST condition will receive 5 sessions of a cognitive behavior theory-based protocol that teaches coping skills (e.g., relaxation, activity pacing/planning, cognitive restructuring) relevant to managing pain as well as psychological distress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone-Based Coping Skills Training (CST)

Standard care control

No Intervention group

Description:

The standard care control condition will receive resources and referrals related to survivorship health. This information will be provided to the participant during their initial survivorship care consult.