NCT07317765

Brief Summary

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Natural Psychotherapy for Intervening Negative Emotions in 100 Breast Cancer Patients

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
200

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable breast-cancer

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2025

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable breast-cancer

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
active not recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 17, 2025

Completed
9 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

December 9, 2025

Completed
21 days until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 30, 2025

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 30, 2025

Completed
6 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

January 5, 2026

Completed
Last Updated

January 5, 2026

Status Verified

December 1, 2025

Enrollment Period

10 months

First QC Date

December 9, 2025

Last Update Submit

December 24, 2025

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

  • SAS score

    Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) Score range: The total score ranges from 20 to 80 after standard conversion. Interpretation of scores: Higher scores indicate more severe anxiety symptoms; conversely, lower scores reflect milder or no anxiety symptoms.

    5 weeks

  • SDS score

    Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) Score range: The total score ranges from 20 to 80 after standard conversion. Interpretation of scores: Higher scores represent more severe depressive symptoms; on the contrary, lower scores mean less severe or no depressive symptoms.

    5 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

  • Ruminative Response Scale

    5 weeks

  • Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

    5 weeks

  • Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B)

    5 weeks

  • ACC score

    5 weeks

Study Arms (2)

intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL
Other: Natural Psychotherapy

control group

OTHER
Other: Receive routine psychotherapy and read popular science materials related to breast cancer.

Interventions

This intervention (routine psychotherapy plus breast cancer popular science materials) is used in control group studies for data comparison purposes, serving as a baseline to evaluate the efficacy of the experimental intervention

control group

A short-term psychological intervention of natural psychotherapy will be conducted for breast cancer patients over a five-week period, using a hybrid online and offline format. The first intervention session will be delivered offline, followed by online video-based sessions thereafter.

intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 59 Years
Sexfemale(Gender-based eligibility)
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer, no distant metastasis, who have completed the perioperative period and not received subsequent treatment;
  • Aged 18-59 years with an expected survival period of ≥ 1 year;
  • Breast cancer patients with a self-reported depression score of ≥ 53 and/or anxiety score of ≥ 50 on self-rating scales (e.g., Self-Rating Depression Scale \[SDS\], Self-Rating Anxiety Scale \[SAS\]);
  • Voluntarily participating in the study after providing informed consent and signing the informed consent form.

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with advanced breast cancer (stage IV with distant metastasis);
  • Patients receiving other psychological interventions besides this study (e.g., individual counseling, group therapy);
  • Patients with severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia), cognitive impairment (MMSE score \< 24), heart disease, severe physical illness, other cancers, or complications;
  • Patients who are unable to cooperate with psychological interventions, questionnaires, or interviews; patients who request or voluntarily withdraw from this study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

San Huan Cancer Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neoplasms by SiteNeoplasmsBreast DiseasesSkin DiseasesSkin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 9, 2025

First Posted

January 5, 2026

Study Start

March 17, 2025

Primary Completion

December 30, 2025

Study Completion

December 30, 2025

Last Updated

January 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Data with be available on request

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