Avon Foundation Program to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT00278837 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 0209005792(RCT)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 94
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Women with breast cancer often suffer significant distress and disability from their disease. A practice of meditation-based stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning may help women with breast cancer decrease their suffering and improve their quality of life.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Meditation; Stress-reduction; Cognitive-affective behavior learning

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of life will be assessed by within patient differences in the FACT-G (General Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment Scale), as well as with the disease specific subscales at baseline and at 12 months.

  Subjects will complete questionnaires at baseline and closeout. Patients will participate in the meditation program weekly for 20 weeks.

Study Arms (1)

Mindfulness based meditation program

EXPERIMENTAL

Meditation and Breast Cancer: Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Behavioral: Mindfulness based meditation program

Interventions

Mindfulness based meditation program BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Also known as: Meditation and Breast Cancer

Mindfulness based meditation program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 101 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who refuse to participate will be excluded
• Patients with metastatic (stage IV) cancer are excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Weill Medical College of Cornell University: lead
• Avon Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center

New York, New York, 10021, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Charlson ME, Loizzo J, Moadel A, Neale M, Newman C, Olivo E, Wolf E, Peterson JC. Contemplative self healing in women breast cancer survivors: a pilot study in underserved minority women shows improvement in quality of life and reduced stress. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Sep 23;14:349. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-349.

  PMID: 25249005 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Meditation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mind-Body Therapies; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Spiritual Therapies; Relaxation Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Mary E Charlson, MD

  Weill Medical College of Cornell

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD

  Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 13, 2006
• First Posted: January 18, 2006
• Study Start: May 1, 2003
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2010
• Study Completion: March 1, 2010
• Last Updated: February 23, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)