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Helping Ovarian Cancer Patients Cope with Their Illness (HOPE)

Trial Status: temporarily closed to accrual

This clinical trial compares the effect of the Helping Ovarian Cancer Patients Cope with Their Disease (HOPE) intervention to usual care for the reduction of hopelessness and helplessness in patients with ovarian cancer that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer are at high risk for increased death and poor mental health outcomes, including depression and anxiety. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers, with a survival rate at five years of only 50%. Most patients are diagnosed with advanced disease and have a high chance of recurrent disease that is incurable, even if upfront treatments are effective. Ovarian cancer’s advanced diagnosis, high likelihood of recurrence and death, and rigorous treatment including surgery and other cancer therapies create high levels of distress and reduced quality of life (QOL). Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer report high rates of depression and anxiety and poor QOL. Due to the major distress, reduced QOL, and likelihood of death among this population, improving this patient population’s QOL is a priority. Using the HOPE intervention may be effective in reducing hopelessness and helplessness in recurrent ovarian cancer patients.