Status:
RECRUITING
Internet-Delivered Psychological Treatment for Cancer Survivors
Lead Sponsor:
Karolinska Institutet
Collaborating Sponsors:
Region Stockholm
Conditions:
Cancer Survivors
Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Negative psychological effects of cancer are common, but cancer survivors are rarely offered structured psychological treatment. Internet-delivered treatments have shown some promise, but specific tre...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cancer survivor at least 0.5 years after main therapy
- Clinically significant anxiety or depression (Patient Health Questionnaire 9 \[PHQ-9\]≥10, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 \[GAD-7\]≥8, or 9-item Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory \[FCRI-9\]≥16)
- At least 18 years old
- Resident of Region Stockholms, Västra Götalandsregionen, or Region Skåne, Sweden (listed and de facto)
- Sufficient technical knowledge and knowledge of the Swedish language to take part in a text-based online treatment
- Continuous access to an electronic device that can be used to access the study web platform
Exclusion
- Recurrent thoughts of suicide, as based on clinical judgement aided by the structured interview and the self-report version of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-S) item 9
- Severe medical condition (e.g., very poor prognosis, stage IV cancer), severe psychiatric disorder (e.g., psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, or severely debilitating substance use disorder, severe depression), or medical treatment (e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy) that makes the treatment unfeasible
- Other ongoing psychological treatment
- Continuous psychotropic medication not stable for the past 4 weeks, or not expected to remain stable during the treatment period
- Planned absence for more than one week of the intended treatment period
- No complete the pre-treatment assessment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 10 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2031
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06046586
Start Date
April 10 2025
End Date
December 31 2031
Last Update
November 21 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden