Light Therapy and Occupational Therapy for Genitourinary Cancer Fatigue
This study is looking into how light therapy and occupational therapy (a type of therapy that helps you do everyday activities) can help reduce fatigue (extreme tiredness) in people with genitourinary cancers (cancers of the urinary and reproductive organs, like prostate, kidney, or bladder cancer). Researchers want to see if these interventions, alone or together, can improve your energy levels. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, speak English, are currently receiving cancer treatment (like chemotherapy or immunotherapy), and have mild to moderate fatigue. The study will measure changes in your fatigue levels over 3 months using questionnaires.
- Study design
- This study plans to enroll 224 participants and will randomly assign them to one of four groups to receive light therapy, occupational therapy, both, or usual care.
- What's involved
- You would either self-administer light therapy for 30 minutes daily for 3 months, attend 6 occupational therapy sessions, or do both. You will also complete questionnaires at the start, 6 weeks, and 3 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your fatigue levels will be measured at 6 weeks and 3 months after starting the study interventions.
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Light Therapy and Occupational Therapy Fatigue Management-Based Intervention for Patients With Genitourinary Cancers
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- William Dale · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · City of Hope Medical Center
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What this trial measures
- Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT)At baseline
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy \[if any\] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL).
- Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT)6 weeks after baseline
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy \[if any\] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL).
- Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - (FACIT)3 months after baseline
The effects of light therapy and occupational therapy (OT) on FACIT will be evaluated by comparing light therapy to no-light therapy and comparing occupational therapy to no-occupational therapy. Analysis of variance test will be used for the factorial comparisons, with a two-sided statistical significance level (alpha = 0.05). The interaction between occupational therapy and light therapy will be explored (to understand whether the effect of light therapy \[if any\] on FACIT would change with occupational therapy and vice versa). The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT- fatigue scale) is a 13-item patient-reported measure of fatigue. Items are scored on a 0 - 4 response scale with anchors ranging from "Not at all" to "Very much so". To score the FACIT-fatigue, all items are summed to create a single fatigue score with a range from 0 to 52. The higher the score, the better the Quality of Life (QoL).