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Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2016

Evaluating the efficacy of a self-guided Web-based CBT intervention for reducing cancer-distress: a randomised controlled trial.

Lisa Beatty, Bogda Koczwara, Tracey Wade

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07356726 (Finding My Way-UK), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07356726 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Finding My Way-UK: Promoting Positive Psychological Outcomes in People Living With and Beyond Curatively Treated Cancer: A Pilot Randomised Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorEdge Hill UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled60ConditionsCancer Survivorship, Cancer, NeoplasmsArmsFinding My Way-UK, Treatment-As-Usual Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Interactive digital tools to support empowerment of people with cancer: a systematic literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  7. Effects of Internet-based psycho-educational interventions on mental health and quality of life among cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020
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  8. Distress Management, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2019
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  12. The effect of a group cognitive behavioral therapy on the quality of life and emotional disturbance of women with breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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  14. Finding My Way: results of a multicentre RCT evaluating a web-based self-guided psychosocial intervention for newly diagnosed cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019
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  15. Web-Based Stress Management for Newly Diagnosed Patients With Cancer (STREAM): A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Intervention Study.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa BeattySchool of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box. 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia. lisa.beatty@flinders.edu.au.
Bogda KoczwaraFlinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Tracey WadeSchool of Psychology, Flinders University, GPO Box. 2100, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia.
Flinders University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study evaluated the efficacy of a self-guided Web-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) intervention compared to an attention control in improving cancer-related distress, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and maladaptive coping, among people recently diagnosed with cancer.

methodsSixty individuals with cancer diagnosed in the previous 6 months and receiving treatment with curative intent were randomised to receive either the 6-week intervention Cancer Coping Online (CCO: n = 30) or the 6-week Web-based attention control (n = 30). Outcome measures, including cancer distress (the Posttraumatic Stress Scale - Self-Report), general distress (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale), quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30), and coping (mini-MAC), were administered at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at 3 and 6 months post-intervention.

resultsSignificant main effects for time were found for cancer distress, global QOL, physical function, role function, social function, and anxious preoccupation. Post hoc between-group comparisons showed CCO participants had statistically significantly higher physical functioning compared to controls at 3 months of follow-up (d = -0.52, p = 0.02). Furthermore, compared to controls, post hoc comparisons found moderate between-group effect sizes favouring CCO post-intervention for cancer distress (d = 0.43) and anxious preoccupation (d = 0.38), and at 6 months of follow-up for global QOL (d = -0.43).

conclusionsThese results provide preliminary support for the potential efficacy of a self-guided Web-based CBT programme in improving aspects of HRQOL, cancer-related distress, and anxious preoccupation after cancer diagnosis. This paper provides justification for, and will help inform the development of, subsequent larger multi-site studies.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansInternetMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality of LifeCBTDistressInternetInterventionSelf-guided

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PMID26248651
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