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Coping After Breast Cancer - a Randomized Clinical Trial With Two Digital Interventions

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Breast Cancer Patients
Health, Subjective
Interventions
Other: Stressproffen mindfulness based intervention
Other: Stressproffen cognitive based stress management
Other: Control
Registration Number
NCT04480203
Lead Sponsor
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Brief Summary

1. Breast cancer patients and age-matched controls are first invited to answer questions on HRQoL.

2. Among responding breast cancer patients, a subset are invited in a randomized clinical trial with two digital interventions for cancer stress management, cognitive based stress management (CBSM) and mindfulness based intervention (MBI), as well as a control group.

3. The goal is to determine whether digital CBSM or MBI can effectively reduce stress levels as compared to a control group. Second, whether these interventions can improve HRQoL (or avoid onset of HRQoL problems) for patients with breast cancer, compared to a control group.

Detailed Description

After completing the baseline HRQoL assessment, eligible breast cancer patients will be invited to participate in a randomized clinical trial.

Those who are willing will be randomly allocated to one of the following arms: a) Digital cognitive based stress management, b) Digital mindfulness based intervention or c) Control group.

The intervention is based on a revised version of the Stressproffen app, which was developed by the Oslo University Hospital (Lise Solberg Nes, Elin Børøsund and others).

Outcome measures include measures of perceived stress and HRQoL.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
390
Inclusion Criteria
  • first occurrence breast cancer diagnosed from Jan 1, 2020
  • non-metastatic cancer stage 0-III

Invasive tumors must be:

  • HER2 positive (regardless of ER, PR) or
  • ER negative
  • (may later include other ER+ if not conflict with recruitment for EMIT/OPTIMA)
Exclusion Criteria
  • None

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Mindfulness based intervention (MBI)Stressproffen mindfulness based interventionMindfulness based digital intervention.
Cognitive based stress management (CBSM)Stressproffen cognitive based stress managementCognitive based digital intervention.
ControlControlControl arm. No intervention.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Stresschange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up week 21

Cohens perceived stress scale. Unit is summary score.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anxiety and depressionchange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

PHQ-4 questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Neuropathy (FACT GOG-NTX and -ES)From NBCR baseline to f-up month 27

neuropathy questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Copingchange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

TOMCATS questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

EORTC QLQ-BR23change from NBCR baseline to f-up month 27

EORTC breast cancer questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Subjective health (HRQoL)change from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

RAND-36 questionnaire. Unit is summary score and module-specific scores

Fatiguechange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

Chalders' fatigue questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Mindfulnesschange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

Baer 2006 mindfulness questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Sleepchange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

selected questions fro SUSSH questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

EORTC QLQ-C30change from NBCR baseline to f-up month 27

EORTC health related quality of life (HRQoL) general questionnaire. Unit is summary score.

Workstatus at f-up month 15

questions on employment. Whether employed and percentage

Stresschange from CABC baseline (week 0) to f-up month 27

Cohens perceived stress scale. Unit is summary score.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cancer Registry of Norway

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Oslo, Norway

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