Impact of Behavioral Activation on Depression and Quality of Life in Patients with Colon Cancer
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Brief Behavioural Activation, Care as usual.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Depression - Major Depressive Disorder, Anxiety, Colon Cancer. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
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Official title
Impact of Behavioral Activation on Depression, Anxiety, Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL), Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Colon Cancer
Overview
The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to study anxiety and depression symptoms at diagnosis in patients with colon cancer. Previous studies have shown that so-called. Behavioural activation as therapy for these symptoms has a positive impact on the patient's well-being, but it has not been studied whether it also has a positive impact on the patient's mental health in cancer, and whether it can have a prognostically beneficial effect on cancer recurrence risk and survival. The investigators will investigate the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms as well as quality of life in colon cancer patients at diagnosis and at follow-up using self-estimated validated protocols in a prospective cohort study. Data will be compared with data from a reference population. In the cohort study the investigators will also perform a nested randomized clinical trial of a brief psychological treatment called Behavioural Activation to patients with colon cancer and comorbid anxiety and/or depression. All participants will answer the questionnaires at diagnosis, after1, 2 and 6 months and after 1 and 3 years.
Detailed description
Colon cancer is common. At diagnosis, about 20% have metastatic disease. The prognosis is determined by the stage of the tumour and the degree of spread, but also by the patient's physical health and other diseases. However, it is not known how the patient's mental health are affected and how common anxiety and depression symptoms are at diagnosis. Depression is known to be one of the most common causes of ill health in the world. It also has been shown that patients with depression and cancer also have a poorer survival rate compared to cancer patients without depression However, previous studies have shown that so-called brief Behavioural activation as therapy for these symptoms has a positive impact on the patient's well-being, but it has not been studied whether it also has a positive impact on the patient's mental health in cancer, and whether it can have a prognostically beneficial effect.
The goal of this randomized study is to increase knowledge about, to detect and treat anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with colon cancer, with so-called brief behavioural activation, which can lead to improved care, and possibly improve the patients' prognosis in the form of reduced risk of cancer recurrence and improved survival.
All participants will continue their care as usual (CAU), and half of the participants will be randomized to receive a five-session telephone-based BA-treatment spread over two months as an add-on to CAU. All participants will answer a questionnaire in the beginning of the study, 4 weeks after diagnosis, after 9 weeks, and after 3-, 6- and 12 months.
The main questions that the trial aims to answer are if the BA-treatment has an effect in the short and long term on:
* Depressive symptoms * Anxiety symptoms * Self-rated activation * Self efficacy * Mental wellbeing * Quality of life * Cancer recurrence and survival
Interventions
- Behavioral Brief Behavioural Activation
Behavioral: Brief Behavioral Activation. A five-session telephone-based brief behavioral activation treatment. Session 1: Psychoeducation about depression; treatment rationale for Behavioral Activation (BA); rationale and instructions for activity log. Session 2: Discussion of life goals and values; planning of activities aligned with life goals and values for coming week. Session 3-4: Troubleshooting any problems carrying out activities; planning activities aligned with life goals and value - Other Care as usual
Care as usual provided by Region Västamanland,
Primary outcome measures
- Anxiety and Depression Symptoms: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS [Time frame: Baseline; post-intervention or equivalent for control group 9 weeks after baseline; 6 months, 1 and 3 years post-intervention or equivalent for control group.]
- Mental well-being [Time frame: Baseline; post-intervention or equivalent for control group 9 weeks after baseline; 6 months, 1 and 3 years post-intervention or equivalent for control group.]
- Health-related quality of life (HRQoL ) [Time frame: Baseline; post-intervention or equivalent for control group 9 weeks after baseline; 6 months, 1 and 3 years post-intervention or equivalent for control group.]
- Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale - Short Form BADS-SF [Time frame: Baseline; post-intervention or equivalent for control group 9 weeks after baseline; 6 months, 1 and 3 years post-intervention or equivalent for control group.]
- Perceived self-efficacy [Time frame: Baseline; post-intervention or equivalent for control group 9 weeks after baseline; 6 months, 1 and 3 years post-intervention or equivalent for control group.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All patients diagnosed with colon cancer in Region Västmanland, will be considered for inclusion. Those who meet the inclusion criteria will be offered to participate in the studies after written approval.
Exclusion criteria
- language difficulties that cause patients to be unable to absorb the treatment
- ongoing alcohol or substance use syndrome
- elevated suicide risk
- ongoing psychotic disorder, severe depression
- antidepressant treatment initiated within the last month
- ongoing or previous manic episode
- cognitive illness/dementia
- ongoing psychological treatment.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Sweden · 1 center
- Centre for Clinical research and Dept. of Surgery — Västerås
Publications
- Pellas J, Renner F, Ji JL, Damberg M. Telephone-based behavioral activation with mental imagery for depression: A pilot randomized clinical trial in isolated older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022 Jan;37(1):10.1002/gps.5646. doi: 10.1002/gps.5646. Epub 2021 Nov 10. PMID 34729823
- Funderburk JS, Pigeon WR, Shepardson RL, Maisto SA. Brief behavioral activation intervention for depressive symptoms: Patient satisfaction, acceptability, engagement, and treatment response. Psychol Serv. 2020 Nov;17(4):443-451. doi: 10.1037/ser0000328. Epub 2019 Feb 4. PMID 30714752
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06745700 · LTV-1011976