Representation of the Body for Patients With Cancer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
• Interventions: Behavioral: Interviews

• Registration Number: NCT01560533
• Lead Sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Brief Summary

The project aims to understand better how patients live the event of cancer and live its consequences on their bodily representations. In the study, the dynamic of the body image is not restricted to appearance but include sensations and visions of the inner body, what explains the choice of peritoneal cancer, and the treatment by cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC.

The three objectives of the study are:

* identifying the impact of the representations of the treated body on the psychological strategies to cope with the disease, the bodily changes and the prospects of life;

* making explicit the positive or negative impacts of these representations on the relationship between patients and health professionals (easing factors, misunderstandings, negotiations, etc.);

* associating the health professionals with the study in its course and evaluation in order to elaborate a methodological collaborative approach between patients, health professionals and researchers in social sciences.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-12-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-22
• Primary Completion: 2013-01
• Study Completion: 2013-01
• Status Verified: 2014-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2019-05-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients eligible to treatment of cancer by cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC
• Primary (pseudomyxoma, mesothelioma) and secondary (colorectal, gastric, ovarian) peritoneal cancer
• Free consent
• Male or Female
• Age > 18 years
• Affiliate to social security

Exclusion Criteria

• Age < 18 years, no french speaking
• Cerebrals metastasis
• Psychiatrics diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treated by HIPEC	Interviews	Patients treated by HIPEC for peritoneal cancer
Standard chemiotherapy	Interviews	Patients treated by standard chemiotherapy for peritoneal cancer

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body representations	3 months	Comprehensive knowledge concerning the way the patients are living cancer event, treatment, changes in their body representations and conceptions of their lives.; This qualitative study do not include outcome measures. Its purpose is restricted to the meanings

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud; 🇫🇷 Pierre Bénite, France