NCT00948207

Brief Summary

The investigators will test whether narrative life review and web-based social networking for middle aged adults with advanced cancer will improve:

  1. 1.existential well being (and reduce psychological distress)
  2. 2.generativity and relationship quality, thereby mediating the intervention effects

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
117

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Feb 2009

Typical duration for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 2009

Completed
6 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

July 27, 2009

Completed
2 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 29, 2009

Completed
1.5 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

February 1, 2011

Completed
5 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 1, 2011

Completed
Last Updated

November 19, 2019

Status Verified

February 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

2 years

First QC Date

July 27, 2009

Last Update Submit

November 15, 2019

Conditions

Metastatic Cancer

Keywords

Metastatic CancerRecurrent CancerDistributed Hematological CancerAdvanced CancerTerminal CancerStage III CancerStage IV Cancer

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Existential Well-being (FACIT-Sp)

    0, 2 and 4 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Distress (POMS-SF)

    0, 2, and 4 months

Study Arms (2)

My Living Story

EXPERIMENTAL

"My Living Story" elicits a dignity-enhancing life story via a telephone interview, and delivers the edited transcript on the patient's personal miLivingStory social network. miLivingStory also provides a direct link to miStory, a life review education website with links to high quality websites that provide cancer information, databases to "do your own research", social support, interactive planning tools, and a page to add their own weblinks. miLivingStory and miStory are both password protected.

Behavioral: My Living Story

My Own Resources

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

My Own Resources offers usual care access to high quality websites that provide cancer information, databases to "do your own research," social support, and interactive planning tools. Participants will receive access to the website miOwnResources.

Behavioral: My Living StoryBehavioral: My Own Resources

Interventions

My Living StoryBEHAVIORAL

Components include: 1\. Life Review Interview by phone (questions based on Chochinov, 2002 dignity enhancing interview); 2\) Edited transcript is delivered in a word format on...; 3\) miLivingStory, a personal social network, where participants can manage content, design and layer; invite and manage their fiends and family. 4\) miStory, a life review education website and portal to websites for: cancer information, databases to "do your own research," social support, interactive planning tools, and a page to add their own weblinks.

My Living StoryMy Own Resources
My Own ResourcesBEHAVIORAL

miOwnResources is a personalized, password-protected web portal to high quality websites that provide cancer information, cancer research databases for "do your own research," social support, and interactive planning tools. miOwnResources also has a page for participants to add their own weblinks.

My Own Resources

Eligibility Criteria

Age30 Years - 60 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Age 30 - 60,
  • Stage III or IV Cancer,
  • Able and willing to use an internet computer to complete study activities.

You may not qualify if:

  • Institutionalized, \< 6 months prognosis,
  • Cannot read or understand English,
  • Unable or unwilling to use an internet computer to complete study activities.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasm MetastasisRecurrenceNeoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplastic ProcessesPathologic ProcessesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsDisease Attributes

Study Officials

  • Margaret (Meg) E Wise, PhD

    University of Wisconsin, Madison

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE CARE
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

July 27, 2009

First Posted

July 29, 2009

Study Start

February 1, 2009

Primary Completion

February 1, 2011

Study Completion

July 1, 2011

Last Updated

November 19, 2019

Record last verified: 2016-02

Locations

US(1)