M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
To find out if combining psychoeducational interventions (such as education, counseling, and self-managed therapies) with an open-label placebo can help to improve your quality of life better than either the psychoeducational interventions or the placebo alone.
Primary Objectives: 1\. To determine if the combination therapy of PI with OLP (combination therapy group) is superior to PI alone group in the treatment of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) as measured by the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale. We hypothesize that the combination of OLP+PI in these patients will result in a greater reduction of CRF compared to PI alone. Secondary Objectives: 1\. To determine if Combination Therapy group is superior to PI Only group for the treatment of CRF at 3 months and 6 months after treatment. We hypothesize that the c…
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Be advanced cancer patients or s or have a history of advanced cancer, having fatigue with severity of ≥ 4/10, on a 0-10 scale (Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale), and presence of fatigue for at least 2 weeks. 2. Have no clinical evidence of cognitive failure as evidenced by treating clinician assessment at screening (Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale of less than 13/30). 3. Be aged 18 years or older. 4. Be willing to complete in-person or with research staff, and able to complete Psychoeducational intervention either in person or virtually within Texas. 5. Have a hemo…
Participants in the PI group will complete the educational sessions only.
This group will only take placebo capsules every day.
This group will take the placebo capsules every day, as well as completing the educational sessions.
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