Status:
COMPLETED
Expressive Writing and Adjustment to Metastatic Breast Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Indiana University
Conditions:
Metastatic Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Brief Summary
We are doing this study to see if writing about life experiences helps women adjust to breast cancer that has spread. We will compare two groups. One group will write about their breast cancer experie...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women with Stage IV breast cancer
- Receiving cancer care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- At least 18 years of age
- Can speak, read, and write in English
- In the judgment of consenting professionals able to provide informed consent
- Score of 4 or higher on the distress thermometer (established cutoff score for probable distress; see Jacobsen et al., 2005)
Exclusion
- Significant psychiatric or cognitive impairment (dementia/delirium, retardation, psychosis) that in the judgment of the investigators will preclude providing informed consent and participating in the intervention
- Currently engaging in expressive writing (e.g., journal writing that involves expressing one's feelings) on a daily basis
- Currently participating in intervention trials with similar endpoints • Male
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
98 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00624156
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2012
Last Update
October 30 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065