Status:

COMPLETED

Facilitating Adaptive Coping With Fear of Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors

Lead Sponsor:

Indiana University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Indiana University Health

Eskenazi Health

Conditions:

Breast Neoplasm

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-99 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a highly prevalent, disruptive, and under-treated problem for breast cancer survivors. This randomized controlled trial will test the efficacy of group-based Accepta...

Detailed Description

The primary objective of this 3-arm randomized control trial (RCT) is to build on the investigators' pilot work by testing the impact of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) on FCR. The investigators w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient is ≥18 years old.
  • Patient has been diagnosed with stage I-IIIA breast cancer without evidence of distant disease at time of study entry.
  • Patient has completed surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and/or biologic therapy ≤5 years prior (ongoing endocrine therapy is allowed).
  • Patient has clinically significant FCR (FCR-7 score ≥17 at screening).
  • Patient is willing to be randomized into any of the 3 arms of the trial and attend a 6-week videoconference group if randomly assigned to ACT or CBT and a single videoconference group if randomly assigned to EUC.
  • Patient is able to speak and read English

Exclusion

  • Patient has a previous cancer diagnosis besides breast (non-melanoma skin cancer or melanoma in situ is allowed).
  • Patient is currently participating in ACT, CBT, formal mindfulness meditation training, the "Mobile Device CBT for Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Dysfunction: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial," the "Thinking and Living With Cancer" study, or any other research study that has the potential to skew results of this study or the study in which the person is participating.
  • Patient has co-morbidities, medications, or deficits that would impair participation in any of the 3 groups (ACT, CBT or EUC), including: history of stroke, encephalitis, traumatic brain injury/surgery, Alzheimer's disease, or other dementia; severe depressive symptoms (PHQ-2 score ≥5 at screening); active substance abuse or uncontrolled bipolar disorder, psychosis, or schizophrenia; obvious hearing and/or communicative disability.
  • Patient has opted out of pre-screening for research studies (sometimes noted in the electronic medical record)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 17 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 9 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

390 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05364450

Start Date

August 17 2021

End Date

July 9 2024

Last Update

December 4 2024

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202