COMPASS: A Group ACT Program for Cancer Patients Treated at UCSF

NCT ID: NCT04636346

Last Updated: 2020-12-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 129 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-03-24
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-14

Brief Summary

Cancer Center Psychosocial services (Psycho-Oncology) offers group psychoeducational and behavioral programs as part of its clinical service for cancer patients and services at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Clinical outcomes and acceptability/feasibility and implementation process data from these programs are routinely gathered in an effort to engage in continuous quality improvement for the department.

Detailed Description

For this project, the study team is proposing to retrospectively analyze a de-identified data set of these data to report on pilot data on preliminary outcomes, acceptability and feasibility of the implementation of the COMPASS: Acting Mindfully for a Valued Life, based upon Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, an evidence-based behavioral intervention and facilitated by a licensed clinical psychologist in our department. This intervention was implemented as a series of clinical offerings for seven 7-session groups between September 2015 and October 2018 for 113 individual cancer patients and survivors. Outcomes measured include anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, psychological flexibility, mindfulness; values based living, and quality of life. Participants completed surveys at 4 time points, pre and post, and two followup time points. Measures of demographics, satisfaction and feasibility/acceptability were also collected. Insights gathered from this study will be used to inform articles, grant applications and conference presentations on the implementation of behavioral interventions for cancer patients and survivors.

Conditions

Cancer

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

COMPASS (Psychoeducational / Behavioral Program)

Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy program as part of clinical service for cancer patients

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Seven group sessions

Questionnaires

Intervention Type: OTHER

Outcomes measured include anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, psychological flexibility, mindfulness; values based living, and quality of life. Participants completed surveys at 4 time points, pre and post, and two follow-up time points.

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Seven group sessions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaires

Outcomes measured include anxiety, depression, fear of recurrence, psychological flexibility, mindfulness; values based living, and quality of life. Participants completed surveys at 4 time points, pre and post, and two follow-up time points.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• English-speaking
• Treated for any kind of cancer at University of California, San Francisco
• Sufficient cognitive ability to participate in group activities as determined by their attending medical oncologist or surgeon

Exclusion Criteria

• Non-English speaking
• Treated elsewhere for cancer
• Psychiatric illness that would affect the ability to participate in a group activity

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Margaret Chesney, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

Locations

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

19805

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id