Clinical trial · Interventional
Online Stress Management and Coping Skills Training for Women With Breast Cancer
Coping With Breast Cancer and Treatment: An E-Learning Course for Skills and Strategies
- 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)
Stress Management interventions have been shown to decrease cancer-related distress, foster emotional growth and improve immune functioning during treatment for breast cancer. This study will evaluate an online version of a stress management intervention for women with early stage breast cancer. Each chapter of the 10-week intervention include self-assessment and targeted feedback, education, interactive learning exercises -- all tailored to the needs of women with early stage breast cancer. In addition, guided writing exercises will promote emotional expression and a discussion board will encourage group support. The web-based intervention is being evaluated in a randomized clinical trial with a sample of 120 women with early stage breast cancer. Women will be randomly assigned to use the 10-week intervention with biweekly telephone assessments or to the telephone assessments alone.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coping with Breast Cancer web-based workbook | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Web-based workbook
- description
- Participants will use one chapter of the web-based workbook each week for 10 weeks. The workbook consists of stress management education, cognitive behavioral interventions and relaxation training exercises.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Coping with Breast Cancer web-based workbook
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Waitlist control group
- description
- Participants will no intervention for the first 10 weeks of the study and then will receive the web-based intervention.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- PHQ GAD-7 - Anxiety
- timeFrame
- baseline, post-intervention, follow-up
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of stage 0, I, II or III breast cancer within past 18 months * Elevated stress, distress or negative mood * Access at least 1.5 - 2 hours per week to a computer with audio capabilities that is connected to the internet * Ability to read, write, and speak English at a sixth grade level * Access to a telephone and an active e-mail account Exclusion Criteria: * Cancer diagnosis is a recurrence * Diagnosis of schizophrenia * Use of anti-psychotic medication * Diagnosis of bipolar disorder without use of mood stabilizing medication
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available