Emerging From the Haze™- Measuring the Impact of a Psycho-education Program on Perceived Cognition After Breast Cancer Treatment



Status:Completed
Conditions:Cancer, Cancer, Cognitive Studies, Cognitive Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:11/3/2018
Start Date:July 6, 2015
End Date:May 23, 2018

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Emerging From the Haze™-A Multi-center, Randomized Controlled Trial to Measure Impact of a Multi-dimensional Psycho-educational Program on Subjective Cognitive Complaints After Breast Cancer Treatment Using Virtual Technology

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, we have developed a novel curriculum for a 6-week
psycho-educationally-based, cognitive behavioral program to help patients with subjective
cognitive complaints after cancer treatment, titled Emerging from the Haze™ (Haze). Each
series meets once a week for 2 hours for 6 weeks. The leading neuropsychologist covers
material such as guided relaxation, behavioral strategies for automatic/negative thoughts,
compensatory strategies for attention and memory, executive functioning, pacing, and balance.
Each Haze series will be electronically delivered in a live format to our satellite site, The
University of Kansas.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Completed treatment for stage 1-3 breast cancer at least two months but not more than
24 months prior to enrollment.

- Having received chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy

- Female, Age ≥18 years.

- FACT-Cog score less than 59 on the Perceived Cognitive Impairment subscale

- Eligible after 2 months of completing all their active cancer treatment with the
exception of long-term hormonal treatments or trastuzumab.

- Subjective complaint of cognitive concerns at time of enrollment

- Must be able to understand and communicate proficiently in English

- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent.

- Agree to complete study surveys

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have significant personality disorders or unstable psychiatric disorders
(including active major depression, substance abuse, psychosis or bipolar disorder) as
assessed by the interviewing clinician

- Patients with known brain metastases, history of brain metastases or radiation to the
brain.

- Patients with a history of stroke or other pre-existing neurological condition that
may contribute to cognitive dysfunction.

- Non-English speakers

- Receiving treatment for another malignancy other than breast cancer

- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active
infection, chronic anemia, uncontrolled hypothyroidism, symptomatic congestive heart
failure, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric
illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
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