FORWARD: EMDR for fear of cancer recurrence

Conditions: fear of cancer recurrence
anxiety about cancer coming back
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON50927

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Tilburg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 7

Inclusion Criteria

- Having received medical treatment for cancer; after the acute phase (i.e. no
actual chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery)
- Suffer from fear of cancer recurrence (score of 22 or higher on Fear of
Cancer Recurrence Inventory - Short Form)
- Referred to HDI for psychological care for fear of recurrence
- Being 18 years or older
- Being able to understand the Dutch language sufficiently.

Exclusion Criteria

- Acute suicidal threat
- Acute psychotic disorder
- A history of severe early traumatic experiences

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>During a period of twelve weeks participants are asked to daily score their<br /><br>level of FCR with one question via an app on their phone. The scores during the<br /><br>waiting list period in which no intervention is offered (phase A) will be<br /><br>compared to the scores in the intervention period, in which the EMDR protocol<br /><br>is offered plus a follow-up period (phase B). The start of phase B is randomly<br /><br>allocated between day 7 and 37. It is hypothesized that FCR scores are lower in<br /><br>phase B than phase A.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>After a twelve-week study period, participants and therapists are interviewed<br /><br>to examine the feasibility of the used EMDR protocol. In these interviews, we<br /><br>will explore to what extent is EMDR experienced as helpful in reducing FCR and<br /><br>to what extent does FCR require additional treatment after EMDR.</p><br>