Psychosocial Treatment Effects on Cancer Survival

Stanford University0 sites125 target enrollmentSeptember 27, 2005

ConditionsStage IIIB, IV, Recurrent, and Metastatic Breast Cancer

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Stage IIIB, IV, Recurrent, and Metastatic Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Stanford University
Enrollment: 125
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

This study will investigate the influence of psychosocial treatment on psychological outcomes and survival among women with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer.

Detailed Description

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of psychosocial treatment on psychological outcomes and survival among women with metastatic/recurrent breast cancer.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 27, 2005

End Date

July 2005

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Single Group

Sex

Female

Investigators

Sponsor

Stanford University

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

David Spiegel

Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor

Stanford University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Women were eligible for the study if they had documented metastatic or recurrent breast cancer, were proficient enough in English to be able to complete questionnaires and participate in a support group, were living in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, and had a Karnofsky score of at least 70%.19

Exclusion Criteria

•Women were excluded if they had any of the following risk factors: positive supraclavicular lymph nodes as the only metastatic lesion at the time of initial diagnosis; active non-breast cancers within the past 10 years; or other concurrent medical conditions likely to influence short-term survival. Basal cell or squamous cell carcinomas of the skin, in situ cancer of the cervix, or melanoma with a Breslow depth less than 0.76 mm were allowed.