Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Helping Participants With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Stage IV Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title: RCT of Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized trial studies how well a mindfulness-based stress reduction program helps participants with breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing and highly stressful event for most people, often resulting in marked declines in quality of life both during and after treatment. There are approximately 3 million women living with a history of invasive breast cancer in the U.S., with at least 150,000 living with metastatic disease. Patient preferences suggest a high need for complementary and alternative medicine interventions to address these chronic symptoms. Mindfulness-based stress reduction programs may help women living with metastatic breast cancer manage symptoms related to cancer treatment and improve quality of life.

Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To develop a novel online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) treatment for distressed metastatic breast cancer patients in the hope of reaching patients otherwise unable to participate in traditional interventions due to high symptom burden.

II. Determine the impact of the intervention on both patient self-report and biological symptom measures.

OUTLINE: Participants are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

INTERVENTION ARM: Participants receive online group sessions over 60 minutes for 6 weeks, including 15 minutes of practice on that session's topic and daily meditation or yoga for 45 minutes. At the conclusion of the study period participants participate in mindfulness meditation over 3 hours. Participants also receive a content manual and relaxation compact disc (CD).

CONTROL ARM: Participants randomized to the wait-list control condition complete the online intervention as in the intervention arm after the initial 6-week period has ended. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Neoplasms
• Stage IV Breast Cancer

• NCT number: NCT03683147
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 13, 2017
• Completion date: April 6, 2020