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
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY
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).
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
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• 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
• named by the survivor
• live in the same household as the survivor
• able to speak and understand English
Locations
United States
Arizona
University of Arizona
RECRUITING
Tucson
Contact Information
Primary
Tausif Chowdhury
tausifbhai@arizona.edu
520-621-8809
Time Frame
Start Date:2023-03-20
Estimated Completion Date:2027-06
Participants
Target number of participants:452
Treatments
Experimental: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Survivors (CBCT-S)
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
Experimental: Cognitively-Based Compassion Training for Dyads (CBCT-D)
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
Active_comparator: Health Education
HE focuses on topics relevant to health and cancer, but is also intended for individuals who are not cancer survivors themselves.~HE will be administered to both breast cancer survivors and supportive partners together.~Module I (Week 1): Cancer Advocacy.~Module II (Week 2): Health Through the Lifespan.~Module III (Week 3): Nutrition.~Module III (Week 4): Nutrition.~Module IV (Week 5): Physical Activity.~Module V (Week 6): Sleep.~Module VI (Week 7): Stress.~Module VII (Week 8): Mental Health and Social Support.