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An online testing approach to assess cognitive problems associated with cancer and cancer treatment.

An online testing approach to assess cognitive problems associated with cancer and cancer treatment. - Online cognitive testing battery for the oncology setting.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON35221
Enrollment
715
Registered
2012-02-09
Start date
2011-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-05-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

cognitive deficits

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Disease free cancer patients (equal gender distribution, age-range: 18-74) treated at the NKI-AVL with chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy will be included. Healthy partners (partner, family member or friend of the opposite sex with comparable age and education level) of patients will serve as control group to gather reference data. Patients and heatlhy controls should have sufficient proficiency in Dutch language.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cancer patients: involvement of the central nervous system Healthy controls: cancer, any neurological or psychiatric symptoms which can influence cognitive performance

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
A subset of the participating patients (n=220) completes the following traditional neuropsychological tests: 1) Visual reaction time (FePsy); 2) WAIS III Digit Span (forward & backward); 3) Corsi Block-tapping Test; 4) Trailmaking A and B (TMT); 5) Tower of London (TOL); 6) Controlled Oral Word Association (COWA); 7) Rey Auditory Verbal Learning test, short form; 8) Grooved Pegboard; 9) Japanese and caucasian brief affect recognition test (JACBART). Also, the newly developed neuropsychological test battery is conducted by all patients (n=385) and healthy controls (n=330). This test consists of several subtests based on the here above mentioned traditional tests.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- questionnaire on anxiety and depression: Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 - demographics - short questionnaire on internet usage

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)