- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01108016
Expanding Rural Access: Distance Delivery of Support Groups (Main Study)
The study will answer two questions about women with breast cancer in rural communities:
- Will they find this support group format utilizing videoconferencing acceptable and rewarding?
- Will they report a greater sense of emotional and informational support, and less depression and traumatic stress, than the control groups of women who wait to participate until after the first groups have ended?
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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Stanford, California, United States, 94305
- Stanford University School of Medicine
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:To be eligible to participate, a woman must meet all of the following criteria:
- be a resident of one of nine rural counties in northeastern California (Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen, Trinity, Sierra, Nevada, and Tehama),
- be able to travel to a rural health facility included in the Northern Sierra Rural Health Network to participate in videoconferencing meetings;
- be able to speak and read English well enough to be able to read, discuss, and comprehend the consent form;
- be 21 years of age or older;
- have been diagnosed with breast cancer by a physician; and
- who (in the judgment of the Local Coordinator) is not unduly distressed or otherwise not able to participate effectively in a support group.
Women will be included with any stage of breast cancer as our pilot study demonstrated that in these rural communities, women wanted to include women with any stage of breast cancer in their groups. Also, our pilot study results showed that it worked fine to include women regardless of the period elapsing since they received their diagnosis, as our pilot study results showed that some women with a long period of time elapsing since receiving their diagnosis were still in need of a source of social support for coping with having had this experience and felt that they had a lot of help to offer women who had more recently received a breast cancer diagnosis. The 9 counties were selected because they are among the most remote counties in California, yet they have strong primary care systems in place, and most patients receive specialty care in-state, as opposed to out-of-state. Every effort will be made to include women of ethnic minority groups.
The support group facilitator, community advisory board (CAB) members, and the local community coordinators will also be recruited for the interviews, with informed consent, identified by having played one of these roles for this study.
Exclusion Criteria:Potential participants who do not meet all of the inclusion criteria listed above will be excluded.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Intensity and frequency of posttraumatic stress symptoms in the past month as assessed by total score on the Posttraumatic Check List - Specific version (PCL-S) for breast cancer.
Time Frame: after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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Intensity and frequency of depression symptoms in the past week as assessed by total score on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D)
Time Frame: after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Intensity and frequency of emotional control as assessed by the total score on the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS),
Time Frame: after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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Level of self-efficacy for coping with breast cancer as assessed by the total score on the Cancer Behavior Inventory (CBI).
Time Frame: after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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Satisfaction with social support as assessed by the total satisfaction score on the UCLA Social Support Inventory.
Time Frame: after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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after 8 weeks of the immediate group sessions
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Cheryl Koopman, Stanford University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- SU-03012010-5082
- BRSADJ0019
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