Status:

UNKNOWN

Cognitive Rehabilitation in Brain Tumor Patients After Neurosurgery

Lead Sponsor:

Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis

Collaborating Sponsors:

Tilburg University

ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

Conditions:

Brain Tumor, Primary

Cognitive Impairment

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Many patients with primary brain tumors experience cognitive deficits and cognitive rehabilitation programs aim to alleviate these deficits.The cognitive rehabilitation program developed by the invest...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the immediate and longer-term effects of early cognitive telerehabilitation on cognitive performance and self-reported symptoms/functioning in patients with low-grade gliomas an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The adult patient has a (supratentorial or infratentorial) brain tumor that is radiologically suspect for either a meningioma or low grade glioma
  • The patient will undergo resective surgery for the brain tumor

Exclusion

  • tumor resection in the last year
  • progressive neurological disease
  • diagnose of (acute) psychiatric or neurological disorders in the last 2 years
  • chemotherapy in the last 2 years
  • Karnovsky Performance Scale under 70
  • Surgery-related complication (morbidity or mortality e.g., thrombosis or heart attack)
  • Lack of basic proficiency in Dutch
  • IQ below 85, or (very) low cognitive skills
  • Insufficient reading skills/visual impairment (limiting the ability to follow the cognitive rehabilitation program).
  • Clinical referral to cognitive rehabilitation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

115 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03373487

Start Date

July 1 2015

End Date

June 30 2019

Last Update

February 13 2018

Active Locations (3)

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1

Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, Netherlands

2

Medical Center Haaglanden

The Hague, Netherlands

3

Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital

Tilburg, Netherlands, 5022 GC