Anxiety in Black Men With Prostate Cancer: Validation of the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer in an Sample of Black Men
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00581672 |
Recruitment Status
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Active, not recruiting
First Posted
: December 28, 2007
Last Update Posted
: January 17, 2018
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment |
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Prostate Cancer | Behavioral: questionnaires of quality of life |
Study Type : | Observational |
Estimated Enrollment : | 225 participants |
Observational Model: | Cohort |
Time Perspective: | Prospective |
Official Title: | Anxiety in Black Men With Prostate Cancer: Validation of the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer in an Sample of Black Men |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 25, 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2018 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2018 |

Group/Cohort | Intervention/treatment |
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questionnaires
Black men with prostate cancer
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Behavioral: questionnaires of quality of life
Subjects will be asked to complete the MAX-PC along with additional psychosocial questionnaires which include anxiety, depression coping methods, resilience spirituality, religiosity, and quality of life measures and will take approximately one 30 to 45 minutes to complete by patient.
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- To establish the psychometric properties of the Memorial Anxiety Scale for Prostate Cancer (MAX-PC) in Black men with prostate cancer. [ Time Frame: within one to three weeks of receiving their PSA scores from their physician ]
- To explore the prevalence of distress, anxiety, and depression in Black men with prostate cancer. [ Time Frame: within one to three weeks of receiving their PSA scores from their physician ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older
- Patients who are being monitored by PSA tests, who will have a PSA test done on the day of their current clinic visit or prior to their clinic visit, but prior to being informed of the results
- Diagnosis of prostate cancer
- Ethnicity: Black, African-American, or of African descent (and will include those men who identify as Black and Hispanic).
- Ability to comprehend and complete questionnaires in English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Major psychopathology or cognitive impairment likely, in the judgment of the research staff, to interfere with the participation or completion of the protocol
- Other non-Black or non-African-American ethnic groups

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00581672
United States, New York | |
Downstate Medical Center | |
Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11203 | |
Kings County Hopsital Center | |
Brooklyn, New York, United States | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 |
Principal Investigator: | Christian Nelson, PhD | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Additional Information:
Responsible Party: | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00581672 History of Changes |
Obsolete Identifiers: | NCT00602654 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
07-125 |
First Posted: | December 28, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 17, 2018 |
Last Verified: | January 2018 |
Keywords provided by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center:
Anxiety Black men Prostate Cancer 07-125 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Prostatic Neoplasms Anxiety Disorders Genital Neoplasms, Male Urogenital Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |
Neoplasms Genital Diseases, Male Prostatic Diseases Mental Disorders |