Professional Life After Breast Cancer: Feasibility of a Coaching Program for an Adapted Return to Work

NCT ID: NCT05056350

Last Updated: 2025-02-12

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

25 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-13

Study Completion Date

2027-08-22

Brief Summary

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The diagnosis of breast cancer and the treatments implemented have a significant impact on the professional situation.

Maintaining employment and/or reintegration into working life are therefore major issues for cancer patients.

This trial proposes to study the feasibility of a support/coaching program for a return to work in patients after breast cancer.

Detailed Description

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This study involves patients with breast cancer at the end of their adjuvant treatment.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a support program for an adapted return to work of these patients.

This back-to-work support program including an individual interview to identify patient needs and expectations, 7 coaching workshops (every 3 weeks +/- 15 days) and a final individual assessment post workshops.

The evolution of quality of life, psychological distress and perceptions concerning work will also be evaluated through assessments and questionnaires before (inclusion) and after the support program \[1 month (+/- 7 days) and 6 months (+/- 1 month) after the final individual assessment\].

The study also aims to estimate the recruitment rate in the study and to assess the satisfaction of this support program.

Finally, the impact of this support program on the return to work will be described.

This initial study will eventually lead to a larger research protocol on the effectiveness of the program, using a randomized controlled trial design.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Assessment of the feasibility and impact of a back-to-work support program

questionnaires, back to work coaching

Group Type OTHER

Questionnaires

Intervention Type OTHER

Quality of life questionnaires, work perception questionnaires, psychological distress questionnaire

back to work coaching

Intervention Type OTHER

Back-to-work support program including an individual interview to identify patient needs and expectations, 7 coaching workshops (every 3 weeks +/- 15 days) and a final individual assessment post workshops

Interventions

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Questionnaires

Quality of life questionnaires, work perception questionnaires, psychological distress questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

back to work coaching

Back-to-work support program including an individual interview to identify patient needs and expectations, 7 coaching workshops (every 3 weeks +/- 15 days) and a final individual assessment post workshops

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥18 years
* Patients cared at the Montpellier Cancer Institute (ICM) for non-metastatic breast cancer who have received adjuvant treatment (radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy)
* Patient who has completed adjuvant treatment, except for hormonotherapy
* Patient practicing a profession at the time of diagnosis, looking for a job or in professional retraining at the time of diagnosis
* Patient expressing spontaneously or on request of the oncologist physical or psychological difficulties in the professional field
* Patient wishing to be accompanied for an adapted return to her current job or for a return to a new more adapted job
* Patient who signed the informed consent after informed information by her clinician

Exclusion Criteria

* Metastatic breast cancer or any other cancer within the last 5 years
* Patient who haven't completed herr adjuvant treatment (chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy)
* Psychological condition requiring therapeutic support (objectified by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview test (MINI) by identifying a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-IV Axis I psychiatric disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) Sheehan et al., 1998) with the patient's refusal of adequate psychiatric treatment (medicated or not) at the time of inclusion in the study
* Severely impaired global cognitive functioning (objectified by an adjusted score of less than 20 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test)
* Physical inability to answer questionnaires
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Estelle Guerdoux, Dr

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Val d'Aurelle

Locations

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Institut du Cancer de Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Jean-Pierre Bleuse

Role: CONTACT

04 67 61 31 02 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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Estelle Guerdoux, Dr

Role: primary

04 67 61 24 68 ext. +33

References

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Arfi A, Baffert S, Soilly AL, Huchon C, Reyal F, Asselain B, Neffati S, Rouzier R, Hequet D. Determinants of return at work of breast cancer patients: results from the OPTISOINS01 French prospective study. BMJ Open. 2018 May 18;8(5):e020276. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020276.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29776920 (View on PubMed)

Banning M. Employment and breast cancer: a meta-ethnography. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2011 Nov;20(6):708-19. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2011.01291.x. Epub 2011 Sep 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21933291 (View on PubMed)

Barnes AJ, Robert N, Bradley CJ. Job attributes, job satisfaction and the return to health after breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Psychooncology. 2014 Feb;23(2):158-64. doi: 10.1002/pon.3385. Epub 2013 Sep 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24000141 (View on PubMed)

de Boer AG, Verbeek JH, Spelten ER, Uitterhoeve AL, Ansink AC, de Reijke TM, Kammeijer M, Sprangers MA, van Dijk FJ. Work ability and return-to-work in cancer patients. Br J Cancer. 2008 Apr 22;98(8):1342-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604302. Epub 2008 Mar 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18349834 (View on PubMed)

Ekbladh E, Thorell LH, Haglund L. Perceptions of the work environment among people with experience of long term sick leave. Work. 2010;35(2):125-36. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2010-0964.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20164607 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2020-A00955-34

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

PROICM 2020-07 VIS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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