Clinical trial · Interventional
Couplelinks.ca - An Online Intervention for Couples Affected by Breast Cancer
A Randomized Controlled Trials of Couplelinks.ca: The First Online Couples Intervention for Young Women Dealing With Breast Cancer and Their Male Partners
- 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 diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) at or before the age of 50 experience more distress and poorer quality of life than women diagnosed later in life. Although adequate spousal support is a protective factor for women with BC, spouses are often unprepared to handle the myriad practical and emotional demands posed by the illness. Furthermore, despite the growing number of recommendations for couple interventions in relation to BC, traditional counselling approaches may fail to meet the needs of young couples who have unique concerns and tight constraints on their time. The proposed project addresses the void in the psycho-social support available to young couples via an innovative, online psychoeducational intervention tailored specifically to their needs.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Depression | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Distress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Couplelinks.ca website | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Couplelinks.ca Intervention
- description
- Intervention arm - Couple participates in the Couplelinks.ca program.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Couplelinks.ca website
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- No Intervention
- description
- Couple is waitlisted for participation in the Couplelinks.ca program.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Revised Dyadic Adjustment Survey RDAS
- timeFrame
- T0= 0 weeks, T1= 8 weeks, T3= 3 months
- description
- The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Survey (RDAS) is a brief version of the 33 question Dyadic Adjustment Survey that assesses relationship adjustment.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 53 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * couples where woman has received a diagnosis of nonmetastatic breast carcinoma; * diagnosis was within the last 36 months; * woman is age less than or equal to 50 at age of diagnosis; * completed or are nearing the end of active treatment; * couples must be in a committed, heterosexual relationship; * fluent in English with the ability to read and write in English. Exclusion Criteria: * non-heterosexual couples; * women older than 50; * previous diagnosis of moderate to severe psychological problems that may interfere with capacity to benefit from the intervention; * couples who plan to participate in couple counselling during the 5-month study duration.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDFergus K, Ahmad S, McLeod DL, Stephen J, Gardner S, Pereira A, Warner E, Carter W. Couplelinks - an online intervention for young women with breast cancer and their male partners: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Jan 29;16:33. doi: 10.1186/s13063-014-0534-8. PMID 25630357