Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Online Workshop and Study for Cancer Survivors

NCT ID: NCT00962494

Last Updated: 2013-02-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 585 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-12-31

Brief Summary

Cancer: Surviving and Thriving is a 6-week workshop for cancer survivors. The overall goal of the study is to determine whether an online cancer survivor education and support workshop can have lasting beneficial effects in helping survivors improve their self-management of health skills and quality of life.

Detailed Description

This workshop is aimed at helping you better manage your own health and the demands placed on you because of your cancer diagnosis. It is hoped that the workshop will give you the skills needed to reduce stress and improve your quality of life. If successful, the workshop can be made available to other cancer survivors.

Each workshop is 6 weeks with new lessons each week. You will be asked to log on at your convenience 2-3 times each week for a total of 1-2 hours, to read the lessons, complete assignments, and share your ideas and experiences with your classmates. There are no requirements that participants log in at the same time.

With the moderators and other workshop participants, you will discuss:

• Healthy eating
• Managing fatigue
• Managing stress
• Starting and maintaining an appropriate physical activity program
• Getting a good night's sleep
• Dealing with difficult emotions
• Solving the problems caused by having had cancer
• Communicating better with your health care professionals
• Communicating better with your friends, family and coworkers

Conditions

Blood Cancer; Breast Cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms; Colorectal Neoplasms; Neoplasms

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

online workshop

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Online Workshop

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Cancer: Thriving and Surviving Online Workshop

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:Any adult (19 and over) cancer survivor living in the United States who: 1) was diagnosed within the past 5 years with a new or recurring cancer since the original diagnosis; 2) has completed their cancer treatment (surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy); 3) isn't currently being treated for cancer except for hormonal therapy; and 4) has and email account and access to high speed internet connection.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria:Not meeting the inclusion criteria

• Minimum Eligible Age: 19 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kate Lorig

Professor of Medicine, Emerita

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Kate R Lorig

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States

Macmillan Cancer Support

London, UK, United Kingdom

Countries

United States; United Kingdom

References

Bantum EO, Albright CL, White KK, Berenberg JL, Layi G, Ritter PL, Laurent D, Plant K, Lorig K. Surviving and thriving with cancer using a Web-based health behavior change intervention: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2014 Feb 24;16(2):e54. doi: 10.2196/jmir.3020.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 24566820 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

SU-07292009-3460

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

VAR0044

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id