Clinical trial · Interventional
Life After Breast Cancer - Impact of a Life Coach
Adjustment to Life After Breast Cancer Treatment: Can a Life-Coach Make a Difference
- 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 objectives of our intervention are to 1. Ease the transition between cancer treatment and active life, and 2. Allow breast cancer survivors to take control of their lives. The primary objective of this study is to: 1\) Determine whether individual life coaching (i.e., individualized guidance that helps to put resources into action) can significantly improve quality of life and post-traumatic growth among women who have been recently treated with breast cancer. It is hypothesized that: 1. Participants who receive both "group coaching sessions" and "individualized coaching sessions" will report greater post-traumatic growth and quality of life, and less fear of cancer recurrence when compared to the breast cancer survivors who received only the group coaching sessions or usual care. 2. Participants who receive only the group coaching sessions will report greater post-traumatic growth and quality of life, and lesser fear of cancer recurrence when compared to the participants who receive usual care.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
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 |
| Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group life-coaching | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Individual life-coaching | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 1 - Group and Individual
- description
- Participants in this experimental Arm 1 will receive the 3 group sessions followed by 4 to 5 individual coaching sessions via phone calls that last 60 minutes each.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Group life-coaching
- Behavioral: Individual life-coaching
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 2 - Group only
- description
- Arm 2 will receive only the first 3 Life coach sessions (group session).
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Group life-coaching
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Arm 3 - Routine care
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. have been diagnosed with stage I, II, or III breast cancer; 2. are female breast cancer patients over the age of 18; 3. have completed anti-cancer treatment via surgery and/or chemotherapy and /or radiation therapy at the McGill University Health Centre Breast Clinic; 4. are fluent in written and spoken English or French; 5. are alert and oriented and capable of giving informed consent; 6. have an Internet connection at home that supports participation in coaching sessions via videoconferencing (zoom). Exclusion Criteria: 1. have a recurrence of breast cancer; 2. are diagnosed with a second cancer; 3. are diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer due to their worse prognosis; and 4) have an active psychiatric diagnosis that would render adherence to the study problematic.
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDTock WL, Maheu C, Blondin S, Lee V, Neuman S, Meterissian S. The Effect of Life Coaching on Post-Traumatic Growth and Well-Being in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychooncology. 2025 Oct;34(10):e70295. doi: 10.1002/pon.70295. PMID 41068064