Project Connect Online: An Internet-based Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center33 enrolled

Overview

This randomized comparative effectiveness trial examines the potential psychosocial and physical health-related benefits of sharing personal websites with other women with breast cancer, as well as with family and friends (PCO PLUS condition) versus sharing with family and friends only (PCO condition) in a sample of women with metastatic breast cancer.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Project Connect OnlineBEHAVIORAL

Three-hour workshop to complete personal website regarding breast cancer experience to share with friends and family

PCO PLUSBEHAVIORAL

Three-hour workshop to complete personal website regarding breast cancer experience to share with friends and family, as well as other women diagnosed with breast cancer

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * women at least 18 years of age; * first diagnosis of Stage IV breast cancer or a recurrent diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, any interval since diagnosis; * ability to complete the intervention and assessments in English; and * willingness to attend in-person PCO workshop; Exclusion Criteria: * male (because men constitute less than 1% of breast cancer patients, numbers would not be sufficient for reliable analyses); * local (i.e., same breast, surgical scar, chest wall) or regional (i.e., lymph nodes) recurrent disease; and * use of a personal website to post cancer-relevant material in the past six months

Locations (1)

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change of general and cancer-related psychological status

web site self reported

Time frame: Baseline, 2 months, 4 months

Secondary Outcomes

Change in overall physical health status

web site self reported

Time frame: Baseline, 2 months, 4 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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