Clinical trial · Interventional
EMDR Psychotherapy for Anxious-depressive Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patient
EMDR Psychotherapy of Anxious-depressive Symptoms for Women That Present an Invasive Breast Cancer : a Randomised Controlled Trial
- 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)
The study will consist in an evaluation of the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) psychotherapy in the context on invasive primitive breast cancer. EMDR could then allow the affected patients to readjust their point of view on the pathology and thus promote more adapted behaviors or additional resources to cope with the disease. 190 Patients are going to be randomized in two groups : one group with EMDR psychotherapists and one group with support psychotherapists. Patients will receive 8 sessions. We expect that patient in EMDR psychotherapists group will have an higher decrease of anxiety score, depressive score (CES-D) and PTSD score, and a higher increase in 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 Female | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMDR psychotherapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| support psychotherapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group EMDR psychotherapy
- description
- Visit 0 : patient inclusion (questionnaires and interview) Visit 1 : anamnesis Visit 2 : patient stabilisation Visit 3 : EMDR psychotherapy care Visit 4 : EMDR psychotherapy care Visit 5 : EMDR psychotherapy care and questionnaires Visit 6 : EMDR psychotherapy care Visit 7 : EMDR psychotherapy care and questionnaires Follow-up 8 (three month after) : data recovery (questionnaires) Follow-up 9 (six month after) : data recovery (questionnaires)
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: EMDR psychotherapy
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Group Control : support psychotherapy
- description
- Visit 0 : patient inclusion (questionnaires and interview) Visits 1-7: several methods could be used: psychoeducation about cancer and psychotherapy, positive interaction and activity schedule, emotional support , relaxation, prevention techniques… Questionnaires will be completed by patients at visit 5 and 7. Follow-up 8 (one month after) : data recovery (questionnaires) Follow-up 9 (six month after) : data recovery (questionnaires)
- interventionNames
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Being a 18 or more year old woman * Having primary breast cancer or going to start treatment or having completed treatments for less than 6 months * Presenting a state-anxiety level a score higher than 35. * Being able to complete questionnaires. * Having signed the consent letter * Be affiliated to a social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Have contraindications for EMDR psychotherapy (neurological disorders, dissociative states, oculomotor problems) * Have metastatic breast cancer * physical multiple pathologies * Have a psychiatric history (including anxio-depressive disorders). Background Assessment from M.I.N.I. (Sheehan et al., 1997) * Present an addiction, an abuse of drugs or alcohol * Person placed under the protection of justice, guardianship or trusteeship. * Pregnant or lactating woman
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