Novel Intervention to Reduce Patient and Caregiver Anxiety Around Radiation Treatment for Brain Tumors With a Customized Neuro-Imaging Referenced Symptom Video

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

This trial studies whether a customized video intervention can help to reduce anxiety in brain cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment and their caregivers. A customized neuro-imaging referenced symptom video that describes symptoms and side effects specific to the patients' tumor may result in an early and sustained reduction in anxiety and distress during and after radiation treatment, thereby improving quality of life.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Adult patients with newly diagnosed glioma (World Health Organization \[WHO\] grade 2-4) who are planned for a 6-week course of radiotherapy after surgery

• PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Able to complete questionnaires in English

• PATIENT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Has a post-operative diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain with and without contrast acquired within 4 weeks of the start of radiotherapy

• CAREGIVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Adult caregiver (\>= 18 years) who is accompanying an eligible patient consented to the study

• CAREGIVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: The patient who the caregiver is accompanying is consented for participation on the study

• CAREGIVER ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Able and willing to complete questionnaires in English

Locations
United States
Texas
M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITING
Houston
Contact Information
Primary
Caroline Chung
cchung3@mdanderson.org
713-745-5422
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-06-05
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-02-02
Participants
Target number of participants: 117
Treatments
Experimental: Arm I (NIRS)
Patients receive standard of care verbal and written education materials. Patients also receive a customized video which includes a description of each of their tumor, functional areas of the brain affected, and possible symptoms from the tumor and radiation treatment based on the neuro-imaging features. Patients and their caregivers watch the video together or separately over 1.5-3 minutes before the end of the first week of radiation treatment. Within 2 weeks after watching the NIRS video, patients complete an optional survey over 5-10 minutes.
Active_comparator: Arm II (standard of care)
Patients receive standard of care verbal and written education materials.
Sponsors
Leads: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

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