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Sponsors and Collaborators: |
Weill Medical College of Cornell University Avon Foundation |
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Information provided by: | Weill Medical College of Cornell University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00278837 |
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.
Condition | Intervention |
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Breast Cancer |
Behavioral: Mindfulness based meditation program |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Supportive Care, Open Label, Uncontrolled, Single Group Assignment |
Official Title: | Contemplative Self-Healing to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: the Avon Foundation Program to Reach Medically Underserved Populations |
Estimated Enrollment: | 160 |
Study Start Date: | May 2003 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2010 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | March 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
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.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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:
United States, New York | |
The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical Center | |
New York, New York, United States, 10021 |
Principal Investigator: | Mary E Charlson, MD | Weill Medical College of Cornell |
Principal Investigator: | Joseph Loizzo, MD, PhD | Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine |
Responsible Party: | Weill Cornell Medical College ( Mary Charlson, MD ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 0209005792(RCT) |
Study First Received: | January 13, 2006 |
Last Updated: | April 22, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00278837 |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Meditation Stress-reduction Cognitive-affective behavior learning |
Skin Diseases Quality of Life Stress Breast Neoplasms Breast Diseases |
Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site |