Evaluation of a stepped-care approach (Fear-Less) to treat fear of cancer recurrence in cancer survivors

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer; Fear of cancer recurrence; Cancer - Breast; Cancer - Head and neck; Cancer - Ovarian and primary peritoneal; Cancer - Womb (Uterine or endometrial cancer); Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000818730
• Lead Sponsor: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-06-10
• Study Completion: 2022-09-16
• Last Update Posted: 10 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

Inclusion Criteria

For survivors who are participants:
•Aged 18 years and over
•Breast, head and neck, gynaecological cancer survivors with early stage disease who have completed initial curative treatment
•Cancer survivors able to read and write English
•Cancer survivors able to give informed consent

For clinicians who are participants:
•All clinicians involved in the study will be invited

Exclusion Criteria

•Cancer survivors diagnosed with metastatic disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of the Fear-Less stepped care program via purpose developed surveys evaluating survivors' experiences of the screening procedures and the intervention received[Post-FCR screening/pre-intervention<br>Immediately post-intervention completion];Acceptability of the Fear-Less stepped care program via purpose developed survey evaluating clinicians' experiences of the screening procedures and intervention delivery[At the completion of recruitment of survivors into the stepped-care program];Feasibility of the Fear-Less stepped care program via collection of data on clinician time taken to administer screening and deliver interventions. This information will be entered in a case report form for each participant [Across the span of the study ]