Project Connect Online: An Internet-based Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Breast Neoplasms
• Interventions: Behavioral: Project Connect Online; Behavioral: PCO PLUS

• Registration Number: NCT02866994
• Lead Sponsor: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This randomized comparative effectiveness trial examines the potential psychosocial and physical health-related benefits of sharing personal websites with other women with breast cancer, as well as with family and friends (PCO PLUS condition) versus sharing with family and friends only (PCO condition) in a sample of women with metastatic breast cancer.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06-04
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-08-10
• Study First Posted: 2016-08-15
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-17
• Study Completion: 2019-06-17
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-29
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 33

Inclusion Criteria

• women at least 18 years of age;
• first diagnosis of Stage IV breast cancer or a recurrent diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, any interval since diagnosis;
• ability to complete the intervention and assessments in English; and
• willingness to attend in-person PCO workshop;

Exclusion Criteria

• male (because men constitute less than 1% of breast cancer patients, numbers would not be sufficient for reliable analyses);
• local (i.e., same breast, surgical scar, chest wall) or regional (i.e., lymph nodes) recurrent disease; and
• use of a personal website to post cancer-relevant material in the past six months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Project Connect Online (PCO)	Project Connect Online	Creation of personal website to share breast cancer experience with friends and family
PCO PLUS	PCO PLUS	Creation of personal website to share breast cancer experience with friends and family, as well as other women diagnosed with breast cancer

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of general and cancer-related psychological status	Baseline, 2 months, 4 months	web site self reported

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in overall physical health status	Baseline, 2 months, 4 months	web site self reported

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California, Los Angeles; 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States