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. 2016 Aug 16;2016(8):CD011325. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011325.pub2

Joly‐Lobbedez 2013.

Study name Cancer and disorders of cognitive functions and QoL: "Cognitive rehabilitation in patients suffering from cancer and treated with chemotherapy"
Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion criteria
Eighteen years and older with a solid or haematological tumour; between 1 month and 5 years since end of chemotherapy and/or targeted therapy in the adjuvant or metastatic setting (ongoing Herceptin is permitted); absence of personality/psychiatric disorders; absence of brain metastases or primary brain tumour; absence of analgesic treatment or opioid use; subjective cognitive complaints during or after treatment; provided informed consent for the study and; fluency in the French language.
Exclusion criteria
Primary CNS tumour or brain metastases, haematological malignancy, documented disorder of higher functions; psychiatric pathology; documented drug use; childhood‐onset cancer; use of analgesic treatment and opioids; alcohol consumption; participants unable to complete cognitive tests and refusal to participate.
Country: France
Interventions Defintion: Computerised cognitive training using RehaCom @ software
Setting: Computer
Duration: Nine standardised cognitive rehabilitation sessions over a three‐month period
Comparator group one: homework group completing 9 sessions of standardised exercise over the 3‐month period
Comparator group two: telephone follow‐up (9 calls over the 3‐month period)
Outcomes Assessments conducted at baseline and 3 months later (post‐intervention)
Primary outcome
FACT‐Cog
Secondary outcomes
QoL and objective cognitive neuropsychological tests
Starting date Recruitment ongoing
Contact information Florence Joly‐Lobbedez: f.joly@baclesse.unicancer.fr
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