Clinical trial · Interventional
The Breast Cancer Survivors and Partners Online Research Together (SUPORT) Project
The SUPORT Project: Leveraging Social Connection by Including Informal Caregivers in an Internet Video Conference-based Compassion Meditation Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress in Breast Cancer Survivors
- 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)
Many breast cancer survivors (estimated 70% in some studies) experience clinically significant depression and/or anxiety in the months and years after finishing cancer treatments. This research will build on the rigor of prior research to reduce breast cancer survivor depression and anxiety with a compassion meditation intervention called CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) for online synchronous delivery that is also inclusive of informal caregivers (i.e., adult family members who live with and typically provide half the care for survivors, aka supportive partners).
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 Female | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Psychological Distress | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Dyads | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Survivors | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Health Education | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Survivors (CBCT-S)
- description
- CBCT-S is a secular adaptation of techniques derived from traditional Tibetan Buddhist methods for cultivating compassion known as lo-jong. CBCT-S will be administered to breast cancer survivors and will not including supportive partners. Module 1 (Week 1): Overview and Connecting to A Moment of Nurturance Module 2 (Week 2) Developing Stable and Clear Attention Module 3 (Week 3): Enhancing Self Awareness Module 4 (Week 4): Cultivating Self compassion Part 1: Accepting our Suffering Module 5 (Week 5): Self Compassion Part 2: Finding Meaning in Suffering. Module 6(Week 6): Expanding our Circle of Concern Module 7 (Week 7): Deepening Gratitude and Tenderness Module 8 (Week 8): Harnessing the Power of Compassion
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Survivors
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Dyads (CBCT-D)
- description
- CBCT-D is a secular adaptation of techniques derived from traditional Tibetan Buddhist methods for cultivating compassion known as lo-jong. CBCT-D will be administered to breast cancer survivors and supportive partners together. Module 1 (Week 1): Overview and Connecting to A Moment of Nurturance Module 2 (Week 2) Developing Stable and Clear Attention Module 3 (Week 3): Enhancing Self Awareness Module 4 (Week 4): Cultivating Self compassion Part 1: Accepting our Suffering Module 5 (Week 5): Self Compassion Part 2: Finding Meaning in Suffering. Module 6(Week 6): Expanding our Circle of Concern Module 7 (Week 7): Deepening Gratitude and Tenderness Module 8 (Week 8): Harnessing the Power of Compassion
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Breast cancer survivors: Inclusion Criteria: * biological sex: woman * able to speak and understand English * have a diagnosis of a breast cancer * have completed primary curative cancer treatments (i.e., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) except for hormonal therapies (e.g., aromatase inhibitors) or trastuzumab a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years before starting CBCT or the control * have a supportive partner (aka caregiver) who can participate with them Exclusion Criteria: * nursing home resident * have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator) Supportive partners (aka informal caregivers) Inclusion Criteria: * named by the survivor * live in the same household as the survivor * able to speak and understand English Exclusion Criteria: * have ongoing (1 or more meditation sessions per week) or past regular meditation experience in the last 4 years (i.e., more than two meditation sessions \[completed or attempted\] per year, either with a group or individually, to be evaluated by the Principal Investigator)
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