Clinical trial · Interventional
Chinese American Cancer Survivors Writing Study
A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Expressive Helping for Chinese American Cancer Survivors
NCT05456100CI-TRIAL-00114558active 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)
The Chinese American Cancer Survivors Writing Study is a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) testing the feasibility and efficacy of the Expressive Helping (EH) intervention among Chinese American cancer survivors.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expressive Helping | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Expressive Writing | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Factual Writing | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Expressive Helping
- description
- Participants complete a 20-minute expressive writing session once per week for the first three weeks. During Week 4, participants complete a 20-minute peer support writing session.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Expressive Helping
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Expressive Writing
- description
- Participants complete a 20-minute expressive writing session once per week for four weeks.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Expressive Writing
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Factual Writing
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Over 18 years old. * Prefer speaking in Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese, and able to read and write Simplified or Traditional Chinese. * Within 5 years after completing primary treatment or have completed primary treatment but still on medication for managing cancer-related symptoms. Exclusion Criteria: * Difficulties with writing * Current active participation in support groups (i.e., attending more than once per week)
References
Publications (0)
Data not yet available
No reference posted for this study.