Psycho-Educational Cognition Intervention in Patients With Blood and Lymph Cancer

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Demonstrate feasibility and acceptability for young adult survivors of various cancers
utilizing Emerging from the Haze program.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Describe, summarize study population. II. Characterize, compare the measure scores at
pre-intervention assessment to the measure scores at post-intervention assessment.

OUTLINE:

Patients participate in the Emerging from the Haze psycho-educational program weekly over 2
hours for 6 weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

- A diagnosis of a hematological malignancy.

- Having received chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy.

- Physician approval.

- Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognition (FACT-COG) score < 59 on the
perceived cognitive impairments (PCI) subscale.

- Eligible after 2 months (60 +/- 5 days) of completing all their active cancer
treatment with the exception of patients that are post-transplant.

- 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
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 speaking patients.