Clinical Trial: Improving Employment in Patients Who Have Survived Cervical Cancer, Uterine Cancer, or Ovarian Cancer
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Improving Employment Among Gynecologic Cancer Survivors
Brief 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.
Detailed Summary:
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.
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Current Primary Outcome:
- Development of a structured interview instrument
- Recruitment strategy
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Information By: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Dates:
Date Received: September 29, 2006
Date Started: February 2006
Date Completion:
Last Updated: January 17, 2017
Last Verified: June 2013
