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RECRUITING
NCT05442957
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Building a Renewed ImaGe After Head & Neck Cancer Treatment (BRIGHT) Multi-Site RCT

Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina

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Summary

In this multi-center randomized clinical trial, head and neck cancer (HNC) survivors with clinically significant body image distress (BID) (N=180) will be randomized to BRIGHT (a brief video tele-cognitive behavioral therapy intervention) or Attention Control (AC, a manualized tele-supportive care intervention that controls for professional attention, dose, delivery method, and common factors). HNC survivors will complete IMAGE-HN (a validated patient-reported outcome measure \[PROM\] of HNC-related body image distress \[BID\]; primary endpoint), measures of psychological and social well-being and quality of life (QOL), and measures of theory-derived mechanisms of change underlying BRIGHT (mediators).

Official title: A Multi-Site, Parallel-Group, Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing a Brief Tele-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention (BRIGHT) With Attention Control for the Reduction of Body Image-Related Distress Among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

180

Start Date

2023-02-14

Completion Date

2027-03-30

Last Updated

2025-09-24

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BRIGHT

BRIGHT is a manualized theory-based tele-CBT intervention consisting of 6 weekly 60-minute sessions. BRIGHT is delivered one-on-one by a licensed clinical psychologist at each site via standard video tele-CBT platform. BRIGHT session topics include (1) psychoeducation about the cognitive model of body image, (2) self-monitoring about thoughts, feelings, and body image behaviors, (3) cognitive restructuring to identify and challenge unhelpful automatic HNC body image thoughts, (4) positive body image coping strategies, (5) social support and identifying personal value, and (6) thinking ahead and planning for setbacks.

BEHAVIORAL

Attention Control

AC is a manualized video-tele-supportive care intervention that addresses non-body image aspects of HNC survivorship. Identical to BRIGHT, AC consists of 6 weekly 60-minute sessions delivered by a trained empathic interventionist via standard video-telemedicine platform. AC session topics include (1) Introduction to HNC survivorship, (2) Post-Treatment Side Effects (3) Psychosocial Aspects of HNC, (4) Health Promotion and Nutritional Challenges, (5) Financial Distress and Return to Work, and (6) Cancer Recurrence. AC controls for professional attention (i.e., ensuring that findings are not driven by simply interacting with an empathic interventionist), common factors, dose, and delivery method while not providing the active, behavior change mechanism in BRIGHT.

Locations (5)

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Washington University in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Pennsylvania State University

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

University of Texas Southwestern

Dallas, Texas, United States