Clinical trial · Interventional
Study of Fine Art Photographs and Visualization Tapes to Improve Surgical Recovery in Breast Cancer
Using Visual Milieu Enrichment and Guided Visualization to Augment Patient Well-being and Post-surgical Recovery
NCT00179634CI-TRIAL-00026611terminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Expired for lack of continuing review
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a study to assess whether healing suggestions and enhancing visual milieu (large fine art photographs) will improve mental and physical measures of well-being and recovery from surgery. The study will compare breast cancer patients undergoing identical skin sparing mastectomy and reconstruction surgery randomized to three groups: 1. Usual care control group 2. Usual care and exposure to fine art photograph 3. Usual care and fine art photograph and guided visualization tapes.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visualization relaxation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Visual Milieu Enhancement (Fine art photograph) | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- 1
- description
- Usual Care
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- 2
- description
- Usual care and exposure to a visually enriched milieu (landscape photograph)
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Visual Milieu Enhancement (Fine art photograph)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- 3
- description
- Usual care, exposure to a visually enriched milieu and audio taped guided visualization with healing suggestions.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Visualization relaxation
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of stage 0, I, or II breast cancer * Skin sparing mastectomy with transverse rectus abdominal muscle (TRAM) or deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap reconstruction planned * Ability to give informed consent * Working knowledge of English Exclusion Criteria: * Physical inability to comply to study protocol * Diabetes * Current smokers * Acute psychosis * Mental retardation * Language barriers
References
Publications (14)
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