Study of Anxiety and Avoidance of Others in Patients Previously Treated for Head and Neck Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00483639

Last Updated: 2013-03-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-11-30

Study Completion Date

2008-01-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Patients who undergo treatment for head and neck cancer may become anxious and avoid contact with other people. Learning how cancer treatment may cause anxiety in patients with head and neck cancer may help improve the quality of life in these patients.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying anxiety and avoidance of others in patients previously treated for head and neck cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the relationship between treatment-provoked social anxiety and avoidance in patients previously treated for head and neck cancer.
* Determine the relationship between pre-cancer psychiatric diagnosis and post-treatment social anxiety and avoidance in these patients.
* Determine the effect of social anxiety and/or avoidance on the quality of life of these patients.
* Investigate the specificity of these relationships in patients with head and neck cancer by comparing patients with head and neck cancer to patients with lung cancer.

OUTLINE: This is a cross-sectional study. Patients are stratified according to prior treatment type (significantly impairing \[surgery\] vs less impairing \[chemotherapy/radiotherapy\]).

Patients undergo a face-to-face interview with a mental health clinician over 2 hours. Patients complete multiple psychiatric/psychological assessments during the interview, including the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID); the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (SAS); the Performance Status Scale for Head and Neck Cancer Patients (PSS-HN); the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI); the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); Response to Stress Questionnaire, Cancer Version (RSQ-CV); the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy (FACT-HNC (head neck cancer) or LC); the Voice Handicap Index (VHI); and the Body Image Scale (BIS).

Cancer treatment and medical history information are gathered from patients' medical records.

Conditions

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Anxiety Disorder Head and Neck Cancer Lung Cancer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Medical chart review

medical chart review

Intervention Type OTHER

Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale and the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory

survey administration

Intervention Type OTHER

management of therapy complications

management of therapy complications

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV SCID

psychosocial assessment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G)

survey administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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survey administration psychosocial assessment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of 1 of the following:

* Head and neck cancer
* Lung cancer (control group)
* Must have received treatment for head and neck cancer or lung cancer within the past 5 years

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Able to speak and read English to answer surveys, interviews, and questionnaires

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kirsten Haman, PhD

Research Assistant Professor; Psychologist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kirsten Haman, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Locations

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MBCCOP - Meharry Medical College - Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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VU-VICC-HN-0397

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

VU-VICC-IRB-030785

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

VICC HN 0397

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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