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Comparative Effectiveness Feasibility Trial for Insomnia Among Breast Cancer Survivors

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George Washington University (GW)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Breast Cancer Female
Insomnia

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Women with breast cancer who report insomnia that started or worsened during breast cancer diagnosis and treatment will be enrolled in a group behavioral trial to one of two arms testing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia against a mindfulness-based therapy.

Full description

The investigators are recruiting breast cancer survivors with stage I-III or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 0-1 breast cancer to enroll in a group-delivered behavioral trial for insomnia. The investigators are comparing mindfulness-based therapies delivered in an alternative medicine context to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. The intervention is 9 weeks, for two hours weekly.

Enrollment

26 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage I-III or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) 0-1 breast cancer
  • completed active treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) at least three months prior
  • within 5 years of treatment or still on adjuvant therapy
  • Completes informed consent to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome
  • practicing mindfulness techniques >1/wk

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

26 participants in 2 patient groups

CBT-I
Active Comparator group
Description:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Treatment:
Behavioral: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Mindfulness
Experimental group
Description:
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Treatment:
Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Trial contacts and locations

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