Avon Foundation Program to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness based meditation program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00278837

0209005792(RCT)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Women with breast cancer often suffer significant distress and disability from their disease. A practice of meditation-based stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning may help women with breast cancer decrease their suffering and improve their quality of life.

Full description

The objective of this study in women recently treated for breast cancer is to determine whether an intervention program consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning has the potential for reducing disabling distress and improving quality of life in a population vulnerable to the progression or recurrence of disease. Quality of life will be assessed at 12 months.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 101 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All women with stage I-III breast cancer who have received treatment within the preceding year will be eligible for inclusion in the study.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients who refuse to participate will be excluded
2. Patients with metastatic (stage IV) cancer are excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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94 participants in 1 patient group

Mindfulness based meditation program

Experimental group

Description:

Meditation and Breast Cancer: Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness based meditation program