Light Therapy and Occupational Therapy Fatigue Management-Based Intervention for Patients With Genitourinary Cancers
Recruiting · NCT05519878 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: City of Hope Medical Center
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What this trial is about
This clinical trial evaluates light therapy and occupational therapy in improving cancer related fatigue (CRF) patients with genitourinary cancers. Light therapy is a non-pharmacological and evidence-based intervention for managing fatigue in cancer patients. The use of light therapy can provide a low burden, inexpensive, and easy to disseminate intervention approach that can potentially have a larger impact on CRF. In addition, occupational therapy is a standard, but often underutilized, component of the multi-disciplinary approach to cancer care. Using the combination of light therapy and occupational therapy may be effective in CRF management.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- Aged 18 and over
- Sufficiently fluent in English
- On active treatment receiving systemic therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy, etc.) or radiotherapy
- Patients with diagnosis of a genitourinary (GU) cancer (e.g., prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer) who have grade 1 or 2 fatigue based on physician assessment at the time of study entry
- Clinician assessed prognosis of greater than or equal to six months
- Willing and independently able to provide consent
- Receive a pre-screen FACIT-Fatigue score of less than or equal to 30
Exclusion criteria
- Severe sleep disorders (e.g. narcolepsy)
- Eye Diseases which limit the ability of light to be processed (e.g. untreated cataracts, severe glaucoma, macular degeneration, blindness, pupil dilation problems or other retinal disorder)
- Severe psychological impairment (e.g., bipolar disorder or manic episodes)
- Current employment in night shift work
- Previous use of light therapy to alleviate fatigue or depressive symptoms
- Secondary cancer diagnosis within the past 5 years
- Plans to travel across meridians during treatment
- Pregnancy
- Currently recovering from previous eye surgery within the past 6 months that causes eye irritation
- Sensitivity to light, epilepsy, or a history of seizures
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- City of Hope Medical Center - Duarte, California, United States