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Oligodendroglioma, AdultNCT05536986

Correlation Between Psychological Stress and Progression of Newly Oligodendroglioma Towards Secondary Glioma

An observational study of Oligodendroglioma, Adult, run by Henan Provincial People's Hospital.

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Trial summary

It is a single-center, prospective, observational, non-randomized study of newly diagnosed oligodendroglioma patients conducted in a tertiary hospital. The investigators conduct an eight-year follow-up, including patients' psychological stress, immune biomarker changes, quality of life, and disease progression of… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Oligodendroglioma, Adult
What is being tested?
Stressors
How many people
60 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
20 Dec 2022to 20 Dec 2030
Phase
Observational

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Adult patients with oligodendroglioma

Who may be able to join

  • age ≥18 years
  • Karnofsky Performance Score ≥ 70 %
  • histologically confirmed, previously untreated glioma receiving a standardized chemoradiotherapy regimen
  • no previous history of mental illness, drug abuse, or alcohol abuse
  • ability to communicate and read and write independently
  • willing and able to comply with the protocol as judged by the investigator's signed informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have any other disease, either metabolic or psychological, or who have any evidence on clinical examination or special investigations (including laboratory findings) which give reasonable suspicion of a condition that interferes with the adequate measurement of the stress axis (e.g. chronic use of corticosteroids ≥ 3 months before study entry for diseases other than glioblastoma, (dexamethasone use in the context of glioblastoma is allowed) severe, medically treated psychiatric disorder prior to the diagnosis of glioblastoma Participation in a study with investigational drugs.
  • pregnancy or breast-feeding
  • Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems, psychological disorders, neurologic deficits that interfere with the planned walking tests, dementia, or confusional state.

Trial locations and contacts

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About this study

Official title: Correlation Between Psychological Stress and Progression of Newly Oligodendroglioma Towards Secondary Glioma: A Longitudinal Study Based on Long-term Follow-up

It is a single-center, prospective, observational, non-randomized study of newly diagnosed oligodendroglioma patients conducted in a tertiary hospital. The investigators conduct an eight-year follow-up, including patients' psychological stress, immune biomarker changes, quality of life, and disease progression of patients towards secondary glioma after the first definite diagnosis. In the first year after diagnosis, patients are followed up four times at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. After that, patients are followed up semiannually.

The study had two cohorts, a high-stress cohort and a low-stress cohort, which are grouped after initial recruitment. Both groups undergo total resection of tumors and received 3 months of standardized treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Neither participants nor doctors but the researcher can choose which group participants are in. No one knows if one study group is better or worse than the other.

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Oligodendroglioma belongs to the class of gliomas that represent the most common class of primary malignant human brain tumors in adulthood. After tumor resection, patients still face the possibility of recurrence and even progression to glioblastoma. The immune microenvironment is most likely contributing to their development, but underlying pathomechanisms are only partly understood.

The high-level psychological stress can lead to a change in malignant tumors patients' neuroendocrine pathways and correlates with the prognosis outcome. In addition, psychological stress can lead to changes in the immune microenvironment, but if it leads to disease progression in oligodendroglioma towards secondary glioma has not been adequately demonstrated.

Grouping process: 60 patients are expected to be enrolled. After enrollment, participants will receive regular tumor in situ fluid (fluid within the surgical cavity, TISF) sampling for tumor mutation burden (TMB) analysis and regular MRI. Under the standard of care, participants will receive psychological stress assessment after being diagnosed. according to five psychological scales, and the patients were grouped according to the cut-off value of each scale, the psychological stress of the patients is measured by distress thermometer (DT), perceived stress scale (PSS), anxiety/depression (HADS), and fear of disease progression scale (PoP-Q-SF).

Primary study objectives:

  • To evaluate the proportion of patients with tumor recurrence
  • To evaluate the changes in immune markers of acute and chronic psychological stress in patients with oligodendroglioma after diagnosis.
  • To analyze the classification of recurrent glioma.

Secondary study objectives:

  • To evaluate the progression-free survival of patients with different psychological stress levels.
  • To evaluate the overall survival of patients with different psychological stress levels.
  • To evaluate the quality of life of patients with different psychological stress levels.

Exploratory objectives:

-To evaluate the effect of managing the patient's psychological stress on the patient's immune microenvironment.

Being tested
Stressors
Keywords
Oligodendroglioma, Psychological stress, progression
Medical subject headings
Oligodendroglioma, Stress, Psychological, Disease Progression

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • StressorsOther

    Patients are exposed to stressful situations related to the diagnosis and treatment of the disease

Study groups in NCT05536986
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Observation group of newly oligodendroglioma patients with high-level psychological stressThe patients had high threshold levels of perceived psychological stress, fear, anxiety, and depression as assessed by psychologists
Receives: Other: Stressors
Observation group of newly oligodendroglioma patients with low-level psychological stressThe patients had lower than threshold levels of perceived stress, psychological distress, fear, anxiety, and depression as assessed by psychologists

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The proportion of patients with tumor recurrence

    The proportion of patients with oligodendroglioma who had recurrence after tumor resection.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

  2. The proportion of patients with high-level psychological stress

    The self-report questionnaire of Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is used to measure the psychological stress level of patients, with 43 as the critical value, more than or equal to 43 as the high level of psychological stress, less than 43 as the low level of psychological stress.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

  3. Tumor mutation burden (TMB)

    The proportion of tumor mutational burden ≥10 Mut/MB in the population who remain progression-free after diagnosis.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. The Short Form-36 (SF-36)

    The questionnaire of Short Form-36 (SF-36) is used health-related quality- of-life measure in participants outcomes. The scale contains 9 dimensions with a total score of 100 points.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

  2. Progression-free survival at 5 years

    The proportion of participants in the analysis population who remain progression-free for at least 5 years after diagnosis.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

  3. Overall survival rate at 8 years

    OS-36 is the proportion of participants in the analysis population who remain alive for at least 8 years after diagnosis.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

  4. Progression-free survival at 8 years

    The proportion of participants in the analysis population who remain progression-free for at least 8 years after diagnosis.

    Measured: From the time of diagnosis to 8 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Sep 2022
  2. Study start20 Dec 2022 (estimated)
  3. Primary completion20 Dec 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion20 Dec 2030 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
60 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05536986
Sponsor's protocol ID
HenanPPH-Oligodendroglioma
Status last verified
Sep 2022
First submitted
8 Sep 2022
Last updated
27 Sep 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

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