Impact of Art Therapy on Fatigue and Quality of Life of Patients Treated With Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (ART-THERAPIE)

Centre Francois Baclesse

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Treatments: Other: ART-THERAPIE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01331629

ART-THERAPIE

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare intervention by Art-therapy to standard care in patients treated with adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer and evaluate the fatigue.

Enrollment: 322 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Breast cancer surgery (invasive or in situ) by conservative surgery
• Age ≥ 18 years
• Indication of adjuvant radiotherapy
• Adjuvant chemotherapy allowed
• Agreeing to participate in a clinical study
• Able to participate in a clinical trial

Exclusion criteria

• Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Personal history of breast cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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322 participants in 2 patient groups

ART-THERAPIE

Experimental group

Description:

supported in art therapy with other supportive care available in the facility

Treatment:

Other: ART-THERAPIE

standard group

No Intervention group

Description:

standard care (supportive care available in each facility)