Clinical trial · Interventional
Culturally Based Brief Expressive Writing Intervention for the Improvement of Health in Chinese Immigrant Stage 0-III Breast Cancer Survivors, Writing to Heal Study
Writing to Heal: A Culturally Based Brief Expressive Writing Intervention for Chinese Immigrant Breast Cancer Survivors
NCT04754412CI-TRIAL-00123343active not recruitingN/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)
This clinical trial studies the effect of a culturally based brief expressive writing intervention in improving the health of Chinese immigrant stage 0-III breast cancer survivors. Culturally based brief expressive writing interventions may help researchers learn more about the experiences of Chinese immigrant breast cancer survivors and how writing about their experiences may affect their health.
Conditions
Conditions (22)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic Stage 0 Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage I Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage II Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIA Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage IIIB Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Anatomic Stage III Breast Cancer AJCC v8 | — |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral, Psychological or Informational Intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Best Practice | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Quality-of-Life Assessment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Questionnaire Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm I (control writing)
- description
- Patients write about facts regarding their cancer diagnosis and treatment for 3 weekly 30-minute sessions.
- interventionNames
- Other: Best Practice
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm II (self-regulation writing)
- description
- Patients write about stress and coping, emotional disclosure, and benefit finding for 3 weekly 30-minute sessions.
- interventionNames
- Other: Behavioral, Psychological or Informational Intervention
- Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
- Other: Questionnaire Administration
- type
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Being diagnosed with stage 0-III breast cancer. 2. Completed primary treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immune therapy, and/or targeted therapy within the preceding 5 years. 3. Foreign-born Chinese women (aged 18 and older) who lived in the U.S. for at least six months in the past. Exclusion Criteria: 1\. Exclusion criteria include inability to provide informed consent
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDLu Q, Lun D, Dawkins-Moultin L, Li Y, Chen M, Giordano SH, Pennebaker JW, Young L, Wang C. Study protocol for writing to heal: A culturally based brief expressive writing intervention for Chinese immigrant breast cancer survivors. PLoS One. 2024 Sep 26;19(9):e0309138. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309138. eCollection 2024. PMID 39325778