Remotely Supervised Computerized Cognitive Stimulation to Reduce Post-chemotherapy Cognitive Difficulties in Patients Treated for Localized Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT06027632

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-02-09

Study Completion Date

2029-03-31

Brief Summary

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Investigator propose the first French randomized comparative study to assess the efficacy of a remotely supervised online cognitive stimulation program, compared to an unsupervised online cognitive exercise intervention, in reducing cognitive complaints in localized breast cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy. Previous randomized studies have confirmed the effectiveness of online cognitive stimulation programs compared to standard care. The study seeks to determine the added value of remote supervision by a neuropsychologist. The control group will have access to the same online cognitive exercises as the experimental group but without supervision. Investigator has chosen not to include a wait-list group as it would be unethical to deny patients with cognitive complaints the opportunity to participate in an intervention expected to benefit them. The secondary objective is to evaluate the benefit of the supervised digitalized cognitive intervention on objective cognitive impairment.

The research hypothesis is that incorporating personalized remote support with supervision from a neuropsychologist into a digitalized cognitive stimulation program will reinforce the effectiveness of the intervention on cognitive complaints. This will be achieved by improving participation/adherence to the online cognitive stimulation program, as well as through the personalized supervision itself. Investigator believe that the supervision sessions, including educational components, will enable patients to identify their strengths, promote their cognitive awareness, and develop individualized strategies to apply their compensatory abilities in real-life situations. Since cognitive difficulties have multiple underlying causes, reducing these symptoms requires a multifaceted approach. The hypothesis is that combining cognitive training (which increases neuroplasticity and directly targets the cognitive domains affected by cancer and its treatments), with structured supervised educational sessions based on compensatory strategies, will yield better outcomes than online cognitive stimulation alone.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Breast Cancer Cognitive Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Remotely-supervised online cognitive stimulation intervention

Group Type OTHER

Cognitive exercises with supervision

Intervention Type OTHER

The experimental group will receive a 12-week intervention consisting of three 20-minute online cognitive stimulation sessions per week along with a weekly 30-minute centralized online remote supervision session with a neuropsychologist. Patient will also have access to the "PRESCO" program of the "HAPPYNeuron-Pro" software, which is designed to train up to 12 different cognitive domains, including attention, memory, executive functions and processing speed

Open access to online home-based cognitive exercises without supervision

Group Type OTHER

Cognitive exercises without supervision

Intervention Type OTHER

Patient will have access to the program named "PRESCO" of the "HAPPYNeuron-Pro" software, which is designed to train up to 12 different cognitive domains, including attention, memory, executive functions and processing speed

Interventions

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Cognitive exercises with supervision

The experimental group will receive a 12-week intervention consisting of three 20-minute online cognitive stimulation sessions per week along with a weekly 30-minute centralized online remote supervision session with a neuropsychologist. Patient will also have access to the "PRESCO" program of the "HAPPYNeuron-Pro" software, which is designed to train up to 12 different cognitive domains, including attention, memory, executive functions and processing speed

Intervention Type OTHER

Cognitive exercises without supervision

Patient will have access to the program named "PRESCO" of the "HAPPYNeuron-Pro" software, which is designed to train up to 12 different cognitive domains, including attention, memory, executive functions and processing speed

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient diagnosed with localized breast cancer
* Age 18 or older,
* Who have received adjuvant or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and are currently undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy (ongoing hormone therapy, maintenance therapy other as target therapies or immunotherapy are permitted) until 6 months after end of radiotherapy.
* Patients who report cognitive complaints that significantly impact their quality of life, as evaluated by the quality of life subscale of the FACT-Cog questionnaire. This subscale is composed by 4 questions:

1. I have been upset about these problems;
2. These problems have interfered with my ability to work;
3. These problems have interfered with my ability to do things I enjoy;
4. These problems have interfered with the quality of my life.

Patients are eligible if their score on this subscale is at or below the 10th percentile, based on age guidelines and normative data (Lange et al., 2015), namely:

* ≤ 8 for patients aged 30-49 years
* ≤ 9 for patients aged 50-69 years
* ≤ 10 for patients aged 70-89 years

* Patients who have completed at least three years of primary school education, as determined by the Barbizet scale,
* Patient with access to a functional laptop/computer with a keyboard, internet connection and an e-mail account - being able to use those tools alone,
* Fluent in French,
* Patients who have provided informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Personality disorder or any known progressive psychiatric pathology (e.g. schizophrenia),
* Previous neurological history with ongoing cognitive symptoms (sequelae of head trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, neurodegenerative pathology, etc.),
* Excessive alcohol intake or drug use, which could compromise participation to the intervention
* Major visual and/or hearing deficit,
* Patient who might not be able to complete neuropsychological testing, (including those with significant cognitive disorders that impede the completion of cognition tests, as determined by the cognitive screening test MoCA (MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT) and based on age and educational level according to GRECOGVASC (Reflection Group for Vascular COGnitive Assessment) normative data)
* Already participating in a cognitive training program,
* Refusal to participate,
* Patient deprived of liberty or under guardianship,
* Patient who might not be able to participate due to geographic, social or psychopathological reasons.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Months

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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UNICANCER

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Francois Baclesse

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Centre hospitalier de Bligny

Briis-sous-Forges, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre François Baclesse

Caen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CH Métropole Savoie

Chambéry, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Centre George François Leclerc

Dijon, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste de Grenoble

Grenoble, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Limoges

Limoges, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Léon Bérard

Lyon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Paoli Calmettes

Marseille, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

ICM Val d'Aurelle

Montpellier, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine

Nancy, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Hôpital privé du Confluent

Nantes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

Nice, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinique Haute Energie

Nice, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU de Nimes

Nîmes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Hôpital Saint-Louis

Paris, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

La Pitié Salpétrière

Paris, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Centre hospitalier de Pau

Pau, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Arrmoricain d'Oncologie

Plérin, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Centre Eugène Marquis

Rennes, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Henri Becquerel

Rouen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinique Mathilde

Rouen, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinique Medico-chirurgicale Charcot

Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Facility Contacts

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Nadine DOHOLLOU, MD

Role: primary

Jean-Baptiste MERIC, MD

Role: primary

33686961024

Florence JOLY, PhD

Role: primary

+33 2 31 45 50 50

Jean-Michel GRELLARD

Role: backup

+33 2 31 45 50 50

Cécile AGOSTINI, MD

Role: primary

33479968951

Christine VILLATTE-DE FIGUEIREDO, MD

Role: primary

Didier MAYEUR, MD

Role: primary

Olivia DIAZ, MD

Role: primary

+33476707308

Elodie DELUCHE, MD

Role: primary

33555056100

Benoite MERY, MD

Role: primary

33478782644

Lorene SEGUIN, MD

Role: primary

Estelle GUERDOUX

Role: primary

33467612468

Camille SIMON, MD

Role: primary

Dorothée CHOCTEAU-BOUJU, MD

Role: primary

33228272236

Flora COURTAULT-DESLANDES, MD

Role: primary

33492031623

Nathalie PINTO, MD

Role: primary

33493538700

Frederic FITENI, MD

Role: primary

+33466683301

Leonor DROUIN, MD

Role: primary

Johanna WASSERMANN, MD

Role: primary

Kevin BOURCIER, MD

Role: primary

33559726796

Jérôme MARTIN-BABAU, MD

Role: primary

Claudia LEFEUVRE-PLESSE, MD

Role: primary

33299254414

Olivier RIGAL, MD

Role: primary

33232082501

Marine CABOURG, MD

Role: primary

33665418269

Nicolas CARRABIN, MD

Role: primary

334 72 32 31 98

Antonio DI MEGLIO, MD

Role: primary

+33142113503

Other Identifiers

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2023-A01134-41

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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