Improving Employment in Patients Who Have Survived Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, or Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improving Employment Among Gynecologic Cancer Survivors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00383279
• Other study ID #: CCCWFU-99106
• Secondary ID: CCCWFU-99106CCCW
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 2006
• Est. completion date: February 2007

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Finding out which problems affect employment in survivors of gynecologic cancer may help in planning cancer treatment and improve the quality of life of future cancer survivors.

PURPOSE: This research study is looking at ways to improve employment in patients who have survived cervical cancer, uterine cancer, or ovarian cancer.

Description:

OBJECTIVES:

• Conduct formative work, including 4 to 5 focus groups, leading to development of a structured interview instrument assessing factors related to employment outcomes among women with gynecologic cancers.

• Pilot a recruitment strategy and administer the interview among a sample of 60 to 70 gynecologic cancer survivors; and, with each woman's permission, a family member, a key health care provider, and her supervisor will be interviewed.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, pilot study.

Patients complete a survey, meet with a focus group, and undergo a short interview. Patient-designated participants are also interviewed; these individuals may include a health care provider, a significant other, and/or a work supervisor.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 70 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: February 2007
• Est. primary completion date: February 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 120 Years

Eligibility

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

• Diagnosis of 1 of the following invasive cancers:

• Cervical cancer

• Uterine cancer

• Ovarian cancer

• Diagnosed = 6 months ago

• Any stage disease

• Employed at the time of diagnosis, defined as working for pay = 20 hours/week

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

• Not specified

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

• Not specified

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cervical Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Ovarian Neoplasms
• Sarcoma
• Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• counseling intervention

• study of socioeconomic and demographic variables

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center	Winston-Salem	North Carolina

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Development of a structured interview instrument
Primary	Recruitment strategy