various cancers C00-C97
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Interview and questionnaires with cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy regarding expectations and experiences with immunotherapy and chemotherapy.
Group 2: Interview and questionnaires wi
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: General inclusion criteria for all members of the cohort: •Age = 18 Years •Native German speaker or fluent German speaker •Written declaration of consent For patients who received immunotherapy: •The patient is being treated with immunotherapy at the moment or was treated within the last year For patients who received chemotherapy: •The patient is being treated with chemotherapy at the moment or was treated within the last year •The patient has no personal experience with immunotherapy For patient who do not have cancer: •The patients never had cancer •Also their marriage partners, life partners and children never had cancer •They do not work in a medical profession For physicians: •The exercise of their profession is connected to direct patient contact as well as cancer therapies. In the past they had talks with patients about immunotherapy and chemotherapy. For staff members of cancer information services: •They had to deal with patient inquiries regarding immunotherapy, and give information about this topic
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: •Limited capacity to contract •Current cognitive reduction •Serious psychiatric diseases or the existence of a somatization disorder, a general anxiety disorder or a serious depression •Emotional stress •Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessement of expectations and experiencies of patients, experts and physicians concerning cancer immunotherapy and chemotherapy with interviews and questionnaires | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison between immunotherapy and chemotherapy. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAndreas Ihrig
Sektion Psychoonkologie am Nationalen Centrum für Tumorerkrankungen
Outcome results
None listed