Impact of Cardiac Coherence on Anxiety in Patients Operated on for a Peritoneal Carcinosis

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle60 enrolled

Overview

The investigator proposes to use the cardiac coherence technique to diminish anxiety before the surgery of a peritoneal carcinosis of colon or stomach or ovary and pseudomyxoma or peritoneal mesothelioma.

Facing a Peritoneal Carcinomatosis (PC) diagnosis requires significant psychological adjustments that may generate major distress because of heavy care and a sometimes poor prognosis. Psychological distress, which most frequently results in emotional anxiety and depressive disorders, affects nearly 40% of patients in oncology. These disorders impair their quality of life, their health behaviours, their therapeutic alliance with caregivers, and represent a risk factor for mortality since access to care, lifestyle and therapeutic adherence differ. All learned societies (e.g., American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO), associations (e.g., Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), World Cancer Research Fund International - WCRF) and authorities (e.g., French National Institute of Cancer) recommend both the screening and treatment of this psychological distress. This complementary therapy should be integrated in the overall management of cancer patients, especially since anxiolytics (e.g., benzodiazepines) have shown limitations in clinical trials compared with placebo or standard care. Studies evaluating relevant psychological interventions to treat these disorders are rare. It is therefore essential to assess the feasibility and relevance of implementing a non-drug intervention known for its anxiolytic and antidepressant effects, to respond early and appropriately to the distress and anxiety of patients with PC before and after their surgery. Among the various existing non-drug interventions, a targeted cardiac coherence program seems promising. Cardiac coherence corresponds to a physiological state of balance of the autonomic nervous system obtained through precise and rigorous breathing exercises. Several pilot studies justify its interest in oncology. The main objective of this study is to evaluate adherence to a cardiac coherence program aimed at reducing anxiety in patients with PC awaiting cytoreductive surgery. The secondary objectives are to evaluate the implementation of this program in a cancer center, its adoption by the patients and the impact of this practice on their anxious symptomatology, immunological response and quality of life.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Mesothelioma Peritoneum

Interventions

Cardiac coherenceOTHER

An initiation session to cardiac coherence will take place D-11 before the operation (during the surgical consultation) in order to obtain a breathing rate of 6 cycles/min via a free application (Respirelax) with listening to an audio tape. 3 cardiac coherence sessions per day of 5 min (before meals) during the 11 days preceding the operation. \- The program cardiac coherence will be performed during 90 days after the surgery

Standard careOTHER

Standard care

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age over 18 years 2. Patients with peritoneal carcinosis awaiting cytoreductive surgery 3. Patients who scored strictly above 3 on the visual analogue anxiety scale and/or the psychological distress scale 4. Patients with sufficient command of the French language 5. Patient affiliated to a French social security system 6. Patient hospitalized at the Institute of cancer of Montpellier the day before his cytoreductive surgery (at T1 = D-1) 7. Signing of informed consent before any specific trial procedure Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who already have daily practice of cardiac coherence 2. Presence of proven psychiatric disorders (e.g., mental retardation, psychotic disorders, learning disabilities, attention deficit/hyperactivity, bipolar disorder, etc.) other than mood disorders that are reactive to the disease experience, or receiving psychotic treatment that may impair thinking, judgment or discernment 3. Physical or sensory inability to respond to questionnaires 4. Patients who have had a heart transplant or bypass surgery in the Year before surgery 5. Patient with a history of uncontrolled neurological pathology within the last 6 months before inclusion in the trial 6. Patients with a history of psychoactive substance dependence (excluding smoking) in the last 6 months before inclusion in the trial 7. Patients with brain metastases 8. Known natural bradycardia 50 beats per minute 9. Beta-blocker intake in progress 10. Ongoing cardiac arrhythmias 11. Known severe heart failure with ventricular ejection fraction strictly Below 40 % 12. Chronic uncontrolled pain and making it difficult to practice the technique 13. Patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 14. Legal incapacity (patient under guardianship or curatorship)

Locations (1)

ICM

Montpellier, Hérault, France

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cardiac Coherence Program Adherence Rate

Cardiac Coherence Program Adherence Rate. Patients are considered in "success" adhere to the program) if they will perform at least 20 of the 30 sessions scheduled until surgery (minimum 1 practice per day).

Time frame: Around 10 days

Secondary Outcomes

Anxiety by using the visual analogue scale (VAS)

This scale measures the anxiety of patient. It's a visual analogue scale which is also known as linear analogue scale. These scales require respondents to place a mark on a line on which opposing statements or descriptions are placed at either end of a (usually) 10 cm line. The points at which respondents make their mark represent where they perceive their answer to lie in this continuum. The distance between their mark and one end (or the mid-point) of the scale is recorded. The position on the left being the absence of anxiety and the position on the right an unbearable anxiety.

Time frame: 90 days

Anxiety and depression by using the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS)

One subscale for evaluation of anxiety from 0 (lower anxiety) to 21 (higher anxiety) and the other subscale for depression from 0 (lower anxiety) to 21 (higher depression)

Time frame: 90 days

Psychological distress scale

This scale measures the psychological distress of the patient . Psychological distress is characterized by the presence of symptoms, most often depressive or anxious.It's a visual analogue scale which is also known as linear analogue scale. These scales require respondents to place a mark on a line on which opposing statements or descriptions are placed at either end of a line. The position of the mark on the top is the higher psychological distress and at the bottom the lower psychological distress.

Time frame: 90 days

Generalized anxiety by using Freeston's uncertainty tolerance scale

Central Contacts

Jean-Pierre BLEUSE, MD

CONTACT

4 67 61 31 02 DRCI-icm105@icm.unicancer.fr

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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