Status:
COMPLETED
Group Therapy for Primary Breast Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Cummings Foundation
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether women with primary breast cancer who were randomly assigned to receive a brief group therapy would show a greater reduction in mood disturbance over t...
Detailed Description
Breast cancer patients often experience significant psychological distress after diagnosis and during initial treatment. Group interventions for cancer patients have been shown to improve psychologica...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- : 1) diagnosis of primary, biopsy-proven breast cancer, stages I through IIIA; 2) diagnosis occurred no more than 12 months prior to recruitment; 3) completion of initial surgical treatment; and 4) no detectable disease present.
Exclusion
- 1\) evidence of metastases beyond adjacent lymph nodes, including chest wall involvement, bone or viscera; 2) recurrence of the cancer prior to randomization; 3) diagnosis of other cancers (except for basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical cancer) within the past 10 years; 4) any other major medical problems likely to limit life expectancy to less than 10 years; 5) a history of major psychiatric illness for which the patient was hospitalized or medicated, except for a diagnosis of depression or anxiety treated for a period of less than one year; and 6) attendance at a cancer support group for more than two months.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 1993
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 1998
Estimated Enrollment :
480 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00220792
Start Date
June 1 1993
End Date
June 1 1998
Last Update
August 26 2024
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1
Social Work Consultants, Inc
Wichita, Kansas, United States, 67202
2
Kalamazoo Community Clinical Oncology Program
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, 49007
3
Metro-Minnesota CCOP
Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, United States, 55416
4
Northern New Jersey CCOP
Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601