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Quality of Life, Lifestyle, and Psychosocial Factors in Patients With Melanoma

Recruiting
Conditions
Cutaneous Melanoma
Interventions
Other: Medical Chart Review
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Registration Number
NCT04778449
Lead Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brief Summary

This study investigates the extent to which lifestyle factors including mental health, social support, diet, and exercise are associated with quality of life and melanoma patient outcomes. Knowledge gained from this study may be used to guide the design of prospective clinical trials of lifestyle interventions to improve the outcomes of melanoma patients and assist doctors in counseling their patients.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Collect systematic data on mental health, quality of life (QOL), social support, diet, and exercise behaviors in melanoma patients.

II. Examine whether psychosocial factors and lifestyle are associated with clinical outcomes in melanoma patients.

III. Examine the association between lifestyle and psychosocial factors and tissue and blood biomarkers in melanoma patients.

IV. Examine whether psychosocial factors and lifestyle are associated with QOL adjustment in melanoma patients.

OUTLINE:

Patients complete a maximum of 3 paper or electronic questionnaires over 30 minutes within 2 weeks of presentation to MD Anderson, new diagnosis of melanoma, and/or initiating a new treatment, within 2 weeks of first restaging, and within 2 weeks of the end of treatment. Patients may complete an additional paper or electronic dietary questionnaire over 10 minutes for 3 days (30 minutes total) or a phone-based dietary recall. Patients who start a new treatment of interest may repeat the questionnaires at the same time points. Patients' medical records are also reviewed.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
5000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosis of melanoma, precursor lesions, and associated cutaneous pathology
  • Able to read and understand English
  • Willing to complete an online or paper survey
Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Observational (questionnaire, medical chart review)Questionnaire AdministrationPatients complete a maximum of 3 paper or electronic questionnaires over 30 minutes within 2 weeks of presentation to MD Anderson, new diagnosis of melanoma, and/or initiating a new treatment, within 2 weeks of first restaging, and within 2 weeks of the end of treatment. Patients may complete an additional paper or electronic dietary questionnaire over 10 minutes for 3 days (30 minutes total) or a phone-based dietary recall. Patients who start a new treatment of interest may repeat the questionnaires at the same time points. Patients' medical records are also reviewed.
Observational (questionnaire, medical chart review)Medical Chart ReviewPatients complete a maximum of 3 paper or electronic questionnaires over 30 minutes within 2 weeks of presentation to MD Anderson, new diagnosis of melanoma, and/or initiating a new treatment, within 2 weeks of first restaging, and within 2 weeks of the end of treatment. Patients may complete an additional paper or electronic dietary questionnaire over 10 minutes for 3 days (30 minutes total) or a phone-based dietary recall. Patients who start a new treatment of interest may repeat the questionnaires at the same time points. Patients' medical records are also reviewed.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in depression/distressUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the Centers for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression. Lifetime history of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) will be measured using the two cardinal items from the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV Disorder. Multivariate methods, including repeated measures analyses, will be employed to further explore the potential changes in the measures over time.

Change in cancer-related symptomsUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory. Multivariate methods, including repeated measures analyses, will be employed to further explore the potential changes in the measures over time.

Associations between mental health, social support, diet and exercise behaviors, and quality of life and demographic variablesUp to 10 years

Will be evaluated using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients together with scatterplots where appropriate.

Change in anxietyUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the Speilberger State/Trait Anxiety Inventory. Multivariate methods, including repeated measures analyses, will be employed to further explore the potential changes in the measures over time.

Change in social supportUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the 24-item Social Provisions Scale. Multivariate methods, including repeated measures analyses, will be employed to further explore the potential changes in the measures over time.

Change in general eating habitsUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the National Cancer Institute National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Dietary Screener Questionnaire, and optionally, the National Institutes of Health Automated Self-Administered 24-hour.

Effect of diet, physical activity, depressive symptoms, distress, lifetime MDD, and social support on progression free survivalUp to 10 years

Will be evaluated using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients together with scatterplots where appropriate.

Change in physical activityUp to 10 years

Will be assessed using the Godin Leisure -Time Exercise Questionnaire. Multivariate methods, including repeated measures analyses, will be employed to further explore the potential changes in the measures over time.

Effect of diet, physical activity, depressive symptoms, distress, lifetime MDD, and social support on cancer mortalityUp to 10 years

Will be evaluated using Pearson's product moment correlation coefficients together with scatterplots where appropriate.

Response to treatmentUp to 10 years

Logistic regression models will be used to measure the association of diet, physical activity, diet, depressive symptoms, distress, lifetime MDD, and social support and response to treatment at each time point.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

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