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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| R01CA180896 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source | |
| 16402-02 | Other Identifier | University of Houston |
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| Name | Class |
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| University of California, Los Angeles | OTHER |
| Herald Cancer Association | OTHER |
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | NIH |
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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.
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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Enhanced care and wait-list control group | No Intervention | 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. | |
| Social support intervention group | Experimental | 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. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Social support intervention | 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Quality of life as assessed by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale (FACT) | Baseline before intervention and immediately, 1 month, and 4 months after the intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in depressive symptoms as assessed by CES-D | Depressive symptoms will be measured with the Chinese short-form version (Boey, 1999) of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977) as well as two additional items ("I don't want to have contact with people, socialize, or go out at all" and "I have thought about hurting myself") from the Chinese American Depression Scale (CADS-9). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in cortisol slope | Baseline before intervention and immediately |
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Qian Lu, PhD; MD | University of Houston | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Herald Cancer Association | Los Angeles | California | 91776 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 34550088 | Derived | 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. |
| Label | URL |
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| MD Anderson Cancer Center Website | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001943 | Breast Neoplasms |
| ID | Term |
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| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D001941 | Breast Diseases |
| D012871 | Skin Diseases |
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| Baseline before intervention and immediately, 1 month, and 4 months after the intervention |
| Change in positive affect as assessed by the PANAS | Baseline before intervention and immediately, 1 month, and 4 months after the intervention |
| Change in fatigue as assessed by FACIT | A short-version (i.e. 6-item) of Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue scale was used. | Baseline before intervention and immediately, 1 month, and 4 months after the intervention |
| Change in stress as assessed by the Perceived stress scale (PSS) | Baseline before intervention and immediately, 1 month, and 4 months after the intervention |
| D017437 |
| Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |