Early Mental Health Care for People With Sarcoma Having Surgery
Tests early psychiatric care for adults with sarcoma having surgery, looking at mood.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Study Assessing the Effects of Early Psychiatric Referral on Mental Health and Quality of Life in People With Sarcoma
Key facts
- Where
- Basking Ridge, Commack, Fort Bliss, Harrison, Middletown, Montvale, New York, and Uniondale, United StatesSee the 8 sites
Where in United States
- Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)Basking Ridge, United StatesTaking people
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (Limited Protocol Activities)Commack, United StatesTaking people
- William Beaumont Army Medical CenterFort Bliss, United StatesNot yet recruiting
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)Harrison, United StatesTaking people
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)Middletown, United StatesTaking people
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)Montvale, United StatesTaking people
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activites)New York, United StatesTaking people
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)Uniondale, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Trial code
- NCT06129903
- Record updated
- 15 May 2026
- Original description
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of early access to mental healthcare during sarcoma treatment as well as to assess the association between early access to psychiatric care and depression, anxiety, postoperative outcomes, and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing surgery for musculoskeletal sarcoma.Read full original descriptionShow less
The Effect of Enhanced Behavioral Healthcare on Self-Reported Depression, Anxiety, and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients With Musculoskeletal Sarcoma Undergoing Surgery: A Randomized Pilot Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of early access to mental healthcare during sarcoma treatment as well as to assess the association between early access to psychiatric care and depression, anxiety, postoperative outcomes, and patient satisfaction in patients undergoing surgery for musculoskeletal sarcoma.
Inclusion: Age ≥18 years; Tissue diagnosis of primary bone or soft tissue sarcoma; o Note: high suspicion of sarcoma on history and imaging acceptable, if reviewed and approved by the PI; Presenting to the Orthopaedic Surgery Service; Treatment plan includes surgery at MSK for treatment of the primary sarcoma; No previous treatment for sarcoma; Proficient in English; As determined by use of the Census-LEP question; The patient's response to the question: "How well do you speak English?" must be "very-well" for inclusion. Additionally, English must be identified as the patient's preferred language for discussing healthcare.
Exclusion: Note: investigators considered exclusion of patients with no or mild symptoms of anxiety and depression, however due to risk of new symptoms arising during the course of treatment, risk of underreporting, risk of under detection, and given prior data on the high prevalence of symptoms, we elected to include all patients in this pilot study; Significant psychiatric disturbance determined from self-report and/or chart review, sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in the study" (e.g., underlying severe mental illness, h/o suicide attempts, or h/o psychiatric admissions) Clinical concern at the time of randomization of mental health urgency or emergency requiring evaluation; urgency and emergency will be defined as moderate or high scores, respectively, on the CSSR-S or according to the judgment of the orthopaedic physician evaluating the patient.