Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Pilot Study to Test the Feasibility and the Efficacy of the German Language Adapted PRO-SELF© Plus Pain Control Program, an Educational Intervention Directed at Patients and Their Family Caregivers to Reduce Cancer Pain and Related Symptoms
Brief Summary: The purpose of this pilot study is to refine and test an advanced and adapted German version of the PRO-SELF© Plus Pain Control Program (PCP), an educational intervention directed at cancer pain patients and their families to enhance their pain self management abilities, and to calculate effect sizes for the planning of a sufficiently powered randomized controlled trial (RCT).


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Are diagnosed with any type of cancer
* Are over 18 years of age
* Have finished the second chemotherapy cycle
* Expected prognosis of at least 12 months
* Karnofsky level of ≥ 60/100.
* Report three symptoms: fatigue, pain and sleep disturbance at severity level of equal or above 3 during the past 7 days.
* Ability to communicate in Vietnamese

Exclusion Criteria:

* Inability to complete questionnaires or participate in the intervention due to literacy level or communication impairment.
* Have been diagnosed with major psychiatric morbidity such as suicidal tendencies or schizophrenia.

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B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Outpatients
* with cancer related pain ≥ 3 on a scale of 0-10 during the last two weeks,
* estimated life expectancy of \> 6 months as assessed by the physician,
* 18 years of age or older,
* able to understand, read and write German,
* have access to a telephone,
* live in a 1 hour distance around Freiburg or are willing to travel to Freiburg for each visit, agree to participate and give written in-formed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* documented previous or current psychiatric disorder or cognitive impairment as assessed by the physician (that is, unable to understand and provide informed consent),
* visual or hearing impairment that prevents adequate communication,
* a named FC who is not willing to participate in the study
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinical diagnosis of lung cancer
* Must be able to speak and read English

Exclusion Criteria:

* No working phone service
* Does not have a family caregiver
D: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Diagnosis of cancer AND 1 or both of the following:

  * Clinical depression

    * Depression must be of at least moderate severity (PHQ-9 score ≥ 10)

      * Depressed mood and/or anhedonia endorsed
    * No depression directly precipitated by cancer therapy for which depression is a well known side effect (e.g., interferon, corticosteroids)
  * Cancer-related pain

    * Pain must be at least moderate in severity (Brief Pain Inventory score ≥ 6), persisted despite using ≥ 2 analgesics, and cancer-related
    * If the only pain is due to a pre-existing condition (e.g., migraine, headache, arthritis, etc), the patient may not be eligible

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* Life expectancy ≥ 6 months
* Must speak English
* Not pregnant
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception
* No moderately severe cognitive impairment
* No schizophrenia or other psychosis
* No disability claim currently being adjudicated for pain

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* See Disease Characteristics
* Not in hospice care

Answer: B