Evaluation of intervention strategies to manage fatigue during active treatment and to prevent persistent fatigue after curative treatment for cancer

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer, curative treatment, fatigue; Cancer; Fatigue in cancer patients

• Registration Number: ISRCTN20583070
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Centre St. Radboud (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients just have been diagnosed for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, cervix cancer, uterus cancer, testis cancer, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin disease
2. Patients in preparation of receiving therapy with curative intention (chemotherapy, radiotherapy and/or surgery)
3. 18 to 70 years old
4. Patients must be able to speak and write Dutch and to fill out the questionnaires independently
5. Patients have no somatic co-morbidity unrelated to the malignancy, that can co-exist with fatigue

Exclusion Criteria

Does not comply with the above inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue severity will be measured using the Checklist Individual Strength. The Checklist Individual Strength is a 20-item questionnaire, designed to measure four aspects of fatigue over the last 14 days, namely: <br>1. Fatigue severity (eight items)<br>2. Concentration (five items)<br>3. Motivation (four items)<br>4. Physical activity (three items)<br><br>Each item is scored on a seven-point Likert scale. High scores indicate a high level of fatigue, a high level of concentration problems, low motivation and a low level of activity. Psychometric properties are excellent. A score of 35 or higher on the subscale fatigue severity indicates severe feelings of fatigue. Norm scores of different patients groups and healthy controls are available.