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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center National Cancer Institute (NCI) |
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Information provided by: | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00624156 |
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 experience. The other will write about their daily activities. What we learn from this study may help us to find new ways to help women cope with breast cancer that has spread.
Condition | Intervention |
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Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Behavioral: Writing Intervention |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Cohort, Prospective |
Official Title: | Expressive Writing and Adjustment to Metastatic Breast Cancer |
Estimated Enrollment: | 98 |
Study Start Date: | February 2008 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | February 2011 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | February 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Groups/Cohorts | Assigned Interventions |
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emotional disclosure writing intervention
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Behavioral: Writing Intervention
Participants in the emotional disclosure condition will be instructed to write continuously for 20 minutes about their deepest thoughts and feelings regarding their cancer experience.
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control writing
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Behavioral: Writing Intervention
Participants assigned to the control condition will be instructed to describe in a detailed, nonemotional manner their daily activities. The 20-minute writing task will be introduced as a time management intervention
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
MSKCC clinics
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Currently participating in intervention trials with similar endpoints
Contact: Katherine DuHamamel, PhD | duhamelk@mskcc.org | |
Contact: Mary Jane Massie, MD | massiem@mskcc.org |
United States, New York | |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10065 | |
Contact: Katherine DuHamel, PhD duhamelk@mskcc.org | |
Contact: Mary Jane Massie, MD massiem@mskcc.org | |
Principal Investigator: Katherine DuHamel, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Katherine DuHamel, PhD | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
Responsible Party: | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ( Katherine DuHamel, Ph.D ) |
Study ID Numbers: | 08-011 |
Study First Received: | February 15, 2008 |
Last Updated: | June 15, 2009 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00624156 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Breast Cancer |
Skin Diseases Breast Neoplasms Breast Diseases |
Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Skin Diseases Breast Neoplasms Breast Diseases |