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The Relationship of Psychological Stress With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Gastric Cancer

Cohort Studies of Associations of Psychological Stress With Therapy Efficacy and Prognosis of Gastric Cancer (G-STRESS)

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06786169
Enrollment
600
Registered
2025-01-22
Start date
2024-09-05
Completion date
2029-09-15
Last updated
2025-01-22

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Conditions

Gastric Cancer, Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

Keywords

Gastric Cancer, Stress

Brief summary

This is the prospective, observational cohort study (G-Distress) to explore the associations of psychological stress with treatment and prognosis of gastric cancer. The participants including the patients diagnosed with gastric cancer who received surgery, chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Interventions

The assessment of depressive and anxiety symptoms was conducted using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 (GAD-7). Patients with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 5 or a GAD-7 score ≥ 5 were categorized as the stressed group.

Sponsors

Fudan University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Cohort 1 Inclusion Criteria: 1. Lower age limit of research subjects 18 years old and upper age limit of 80 years old, ECOG (ECOG score standard) performance status of 0 or 1 2. Be proven to be primary adenocarcinoma of gastric cancer and staged II-III by pathological evidences 3. R0 gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy 4. Receiving adjuvant chemotherapy

Exclusion criteria

1. History of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy or target therapy 2. Multiple primary tumors 3. Suffering from other serious diseases, including cardiovascular, respiratory, kidney, or liver disease, complicated by poorly controlled hypertension, diabetes, mental disorders or diseases 4. Unavailable for R0 resection and D2 lymph node dissection. 5. Patients with stage IV gastric cancer Cohort 2 Inclusion Criteria: 1. Lower age limit of research subjects 18 years old and upper age limit of 80 years old, ECOG (ECOG score standard) performance status of 0 or 1 2. Be proven to be primary adenocarcinoma of gastric cancer and staged III-IV by pathological evidences 3. Receiving gastrectomy 4. Receiving preoperative chemotherapy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Cohort 2: Pathologic complete response (pCR) rate1-month
Cohort 1: Disease-free survival (DFS)3-yearThe duration between the date after surgery to the date of any recurrence or death firstly
Cohort 3: Progression-free survival (PFS)1-year

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Objective Response Ratethrough study completion, an average of 1 year
Quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30.3-year
Overall survival (OS)3-year

Other

MeasureTime frame
The correlation between gut microbiota and stress and prognosis3-year
The correlation between tumor microenvironment signature and stress and prognosis3-year
The correlation between ctDNA and chronic stress and prognosis3-year
The correlation between peripheral stress biomarker and immune cells signature and stress and prognosis3-year

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactJing Guo, MD
gjsysu@126.com86-02164175590

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026