A Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of iCanADAPT, an internet Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (iCBT) program for the treatment of depression and anxiety in early stagecancer patients and cancer survivors.

St. Vincent's Hospital0 sites113 target enrollmentFebruary 19, 2016

ConditionsDepression Anxiety Cancer Mental Health - Depression Mental Health - Anxiety Cancer - Any cancer

Overview

Phase: 未知
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Depression
Sponsor: St. Vincent's Hospital
Enrollment: 113
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 6 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The internet CBT intervention was helpful. People who completed the course had less depression and anxiety. This is great and so we will aim to get the intervention available to the general cancer patient population in 2019.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

February 19, 2016

End Date

August 10, 2017

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

St. Vincent's Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Adults, aged over 18 years old with no maximum age.
•Self\-identified as suffering from depression and/or anxiety and have online questionnaire scores indicating a clinical level of anxiety and/or depression on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
•Results of telephone diagnostic interview consistent with one, or more, diagnoses of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Disorder or Agoraphobia, Illness Anxiety Disorder (IAD), or Adjustment disorder.
•Presence of current early stage cancer, or early stage cancer survivorship, will be based on self\-report.
•Participants must be prepared to provide name/location of primary cancer care centre.
•Prepared to provide own name, phone number and address.
•Prepared to provide the name and address of a local general practitioner, and to provide written informed consent.
•English language skills equivalent to a School Certificate level. Have access to a phone and a computer with internet and a printer.

Exclusion Criteria

•Mental health exclusion criteria will include psychosis, bipolar disorder, substance abuse or dependence and current suicidality.
•Cancer related exclusion criteria will include:
•\-Any metastases (cancer spread). The rationale being that the iCanADAPT program is specifically designed for early stage cancer i.e. cancer with curative intention to treat.
•\-Currently in\-patient.
•\-Being within the first 6 weeks of cancer diagnosis.
•\-Brain cancer/ malignancy.
•Physical health status exclusion will be an ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of greater than 1 (Oken et al., 1982\).