Clinical trial · Interventional
Avon Foundation Program to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors
Contemplative Self-Healing to Improve Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: the Avon Foundation Program to Reach Medically Underserved Populations
NCT00278837CI-TRIAL-00026126completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
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 Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness based meditation program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Mindfulness based meditation program
- description
- Meditation and Breast Cancer: Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Mindfulness based meditation program
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Quality of life will be assessed by within patient differences in the FACT-G (General Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment Scale), as well as with the disease specific subscales at baseline and at 12 months.
- timeFrame
- Subjects will complete questionnaires at baseline and closeout. Patients will participate in the meditation program weekly for 20 weeks.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 101 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
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: 1. Patients who refuse to participate will be excluded 2. Patients with metastatic (stage IV) cancer are excluded.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDCharlson ME, Loizzo J, Moadel A, Neale M, Newman C, Olivo E, Wolf E, Peterson JC. Contemplative self healing in women breast cancer survivors: a pilot study in underserved minority women shows improvement in quality of life and reduced stress. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2014 Sep 23;14:349. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-349. PMID 25249005