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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
23 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-01-03
2025-05-30
Brief Summary
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The main questions it aims to answer:
1. whether this treatment will help address the pain management concerns of patients,
2. whether it is feasible to offer this treatment in the future as multi-centre randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Participants will be asked to attend a 6-week online pain management group sessions (1h/week). Participants will also be asked to fill out questionnaires before and after the program completion.
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Detailed Description
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This study aims to pilot an online interprofessional pain management program for survivors of breast cancer. The investigators would like to know whether this treatment will help address the pain management concerns of patients, and whether it is feasible to offer this treatment in the future as multi-centre randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Participants in the study will attend a 6-week online pain management program (I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer) that will cover the topics of understanding cancer pain, exercises to manage pain and psychological strategies to cope with pain. Questionnaires will be administered before and after the program to assess their satisfaction and changes in outcomes related to pain, quality of life, confidence to manage their pain, and use of health care services. The feasibility of implementing the study and the program will be pre-determined by an acceptability criteria for patient recruitment, completion of questionnaires, participation in the online sessions, and satisfaction with the pain management program.
It is hoped that study findings will help inform the development of treatment programs to improve post-treatment pain management and the quality of life of survivors of breast cancer patients.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Cancer Pain Management Group
Participants in the study will attend a 6-week online pain management program (I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer) that will cover the topics of understanding cancer pain, exercises to manage pain and psychological strategies to cope with pain. Questionnaires will be administered before and after the program
I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer (Pain Management Program)
6-week online interprofessional cancer pain management program (I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer) for survivors of breast cancer. The program will cover the topics of understanding cancer pain, exercises to manage pain and psychological strategies to cope with pain
Interventions
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I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer (Pain Management Program)
6-week online interprofessional cancer pain management program (I-Can-Manage-Pain after cancer) for survivors of breast cancer. The program will cover the topics of understanding cancer pain, exercises to manage pain and psychological strategies to cope with pain
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. had surgical excision at least 3 months ago;
3. completed neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment at least 4 months ago;
4. within 5 years post active cancer treatment;
5. persistent pain within the last 3 months that is bothersome;
6. medical clearance to participate in the intervention
7. over 18 years of age;
8. verbal fluency in English;
9. have access to internet and technology to participate in the online program. Patients currently receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy or molecularly targeted therapies or who have completed these therapies within the last 5 years are eligible to participate.
Exclusion Criteria
1. demonstrate significant cognitive impairment as determined by the clinical judgment of the provider;
2. have a pre-existing non-cancer pain condition,
3. have severe emotional distress that interferes with group participation as determined by scores above 15 on the Patient Health Questionnaire-9.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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McMaster University
OTHER
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Karen Zhang
Clinical, Health and Rehabilitation Psychologist
Principal Investigators
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Karen Zhang, PHD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Locations
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Juravinski Cancer Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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16187
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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