Art Therapy Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluating How Art Therapy Can Benefit Women Recently Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01220960
• Other study ID #: 10-049-PSY
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 9, 2010
• Last updated: October 24, 2013
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: October 2013

Study information

• Verified date: October 2013
• Source: McGill University Health Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

As studies continue to debate the effects of quality of life on survival, increased attention is being focused on investigating complementary alternative therapies to boost overall total health in cancer patients . Art therapy is an interesting growing field, which has shown promise to positively influence quality of life in the pediatric and adult oncology population alike. As there is a paucity of well controlled complete studies in this field, the investigators propose to study the impact of art therapy sessions in women with breast cancer with quantitative and qualitative analysis of emotional health and physical symptoms.

The results of the investigators study will have widespread applicability to oncology programs that wish to offer/implement such sessions to their palliative and non-palliative outpatients in an effort to address the important concept of whole person care.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: October 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Any woman 18-years or older

2. Stage I to III breast cancer (first time diagnosis)

3. Minimum of 6 weeks Post Operative status

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• art therapy
Art therapy sessions, 2 hours in duration, 1 session/week, 8 continuous weeks of sessions. Each group will be limited to eight women as space is limited.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Cedars Breast Centre\ Royal Victoria Hospital	Montreal	Quebec

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dr. Sarkis Meterissian	The Cedars Cancer Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of Life (emotional distress, physical symptoms,self-efficacy and well-being)	To investigate whether the implementation of an 8 week art therapy course in post-operative outpatient breast cancer patients can alleviate/improve; Emotional distress as assessed by the Hospital Depression and Anxiety Scale (HADS) (please see below for details); Physical symptoms as assessed by the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale (ESAS); Meaning making as assessed by The Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being Scale (FACIT-Sp-12).	8 weeks	No
Secondary	Ability to find and create meaning after the psychosocial impact of a breast cancer diagnosis	To investigate qualitatively how group art therapy can address the psychosocial impacts of breast cancer, including the challenges of finding and creating meaning following a recent diagnosis of breast cancer.	8 weeks	No

External Links

•   Art Therapy, a kind of complementary therapy for cancer patients
•   Evaluating Art Therapy for breast cancer patients
•   Relieving Pain with Art Therapy for Cancer Patients