A Culturally Sensitive Social Support Intervention

NCT ID: NCT02946697

Last Updated: 2024-10-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

168 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2024-10-14

Brief Summary

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This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the impact of a culturally based social support program (i.e. Joy Luck Academy, JLA) among Chinese American breast cancer survivors.

Detailed Description

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This study is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the health benefits of an education and peer mentor support intervention. Chinese American breast cancer survivors who have completed primary treatment will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or a control group to receive enhanced usual care while waiting for the JLA. Health outcomes are assessed at baseline, immediately post intervention, and 1 and 4 months follow-ups.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Breast Neoplasms

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Enhanced care and wait-list control group

Participants in the control group will receive enhanced usual care while waiting for the JLA program. Participants will be given information booklets in Chinese developed by the American Cancer Society and cover common issues related to breast cancer, various treatments, and life after treatment. Participants will be asked to read through the booklet individually.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Social support intervention group

The intervention is a 7-week program includes educational and peer mentoring support components. The education curriculum provides information on recognizing side effects of treatment and differentiating them from symptoms of cancer recurrence, physical therapy and alternative treatment, stress management, recognizing depression and managing emotional problems, communication with family members, and body image. The peer-support component assigns each participant with a mentor who is a breast cancer survivor. They share their own experience with participants and also make weekly phone calls to mentees during the intervention to provide support and address remaining concerns.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Social support intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The social support intervention is a 7-week program includes educational and peer mentoring support components. The education curriculum provides information on recognizing side effects of treatment and differentiating them from symptoms of cancer recurrence, physical therapy and alternative treatment, stress management, recognizing depression and managing emotional problems, communication with family members, and body image. The peer-support component assigns each participant with a mentor who is a breast cancer survivor. They share their own experience with participants and also make weekly phone calls to mentees during the intervention to provide support and address remaining concerns.

Interventions

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Social support intervention

The social support intervention is a 7-week program includes educational and peer mentoring support components. The education curriculum provides information on recognizing side effects of treatment and differentiating them from symptoms of cancer recurrence, physical therapy and alternative treatment, stress management, recognizing depression and managing emotional problems, communication with family members, and body image. The peer-support component assigns each participant with a mentor who is a breast cancer survivor. They share their own experience with participants and also make weekly phone calls to mentees during the intervention to provide support and address remaining concerns.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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JLA

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* self-identified to be comfortable speaking Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)
* having a first breast cancer diagnosis of stages 0-III
* having completed primary treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy) within the last 36 months

Exclusion Criteria

* unable to read or speak Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese)
* breast cancer diagnosis of stage IV
* live outside of the LA area
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of California, Los Angeles

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Herald Cancer Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Qian Lu, PhD; MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Houston

Locations

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Herald Cancer Association

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lu Q, Warmoth K, Chen L, Wu CS, Chu Q, Li Y, Gallagher MW, Stanton AL, Kagawa Singer M, Young L, Loh A. A Culturally Sensitive Social Support Intervention for Chinese American Breast Cancer Survivors (Joy Luck Academy): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Sep 22;10(9):e30950. doi: 10.2196/30950.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34550088 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.mdanderson.org

MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

Other Identifiers

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R01CA180896

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

16402-02

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PA18-0280

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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