ExBRAC - the Pilot Study (ExBRAC-P)

April 3, 2025 updated by: Region Skane

ExBRAC - Expressive Writing in Breast Cancer - The Pilot Study

The EXBRAC pilot study will investigate the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, and the effect of an intervention with expressive writing. This is a pilot study with two purposes, the first is to create a questionnaire specifically developed for the ExBRAC study, and the second to evaluate the feasibility of the expressive writing.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

In the first stage of the study, patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer will be interviewed using a semi-structured method. Based on the transcriptions from the interviews, themes will be gathered and transformed into questions. The questions will be compiled into a questionnaire and an expert group will review the questionnaire to ensure no topic is lacking and an adequate number of response options is present. Lastly, the questionnaire will be face-to-face validated, meaning a patient completes it with a research nurse present to apprehend any ambiguities or questions needing clarification.

In the second part of the pilot study, patients will be included to test the feasibility of the interventions consisting of expressive writing. The intervention consists of expressive writing during 20 minutes. The writing should be of the breast cancer, the treatment or other related topics. The patient is invited to write once every week in a separate place. The intervention ends after four weeks. The written text is not collected. In the pilot study, the intervention will be followed by a telephone call about five weeks after inclusion. To test the feasibility of the intervention, 20 to 25 included patient is considered sufficient.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Sweden
    • Skane
      • Helsingborg, Skane, Sweden, 252 23
        • Helsingborg Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Newly diagnosed breast cancer

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Does not understand swedish

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Expressive writing
The intervention consists of expressive writing during 20 minutes. The writing should be of the breast cancer, the treatment or other related topics. The patient is invited to write once every week in a separate place. The intervention ends after four weeks. The written text is not collected.
Other: Expressive writing
See description under arm/group description.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of included patients that completed the intervention
Time Frame: Five weeks after baseline
Five weeks after baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Region Skane

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Linnea Huss, M.D., Ph. D., Region Skane

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 26, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 8, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 18, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

January 30, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 6, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 3, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2023-07984-01

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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