Enhanced Pain Coping in Cancer (EPIC): A Study of Managing Treatment-Related Joint Pain in Breast Cancer Survivors
Start Date
12/6/2024
Completion Date
12/1/2028
Summary
The researchers are doing this study to compare two different types of group therapy and find out whether they are effective approaches for helping breast cancer survivors manage joint pain caused by aromatase inhibitors (AI). This type of joint pain is called AI-associated arthralgia, or AIA, and it is common in people taking AIs. AIA and its associated symptoms can make some people decide to stop taking their medication. The study will look at the effects of two different types of group therapy on participants' cancer-related symptoms (such as pain, fatigue, and anxiety), their ability to continue taking AIs on a regular schedule, and their quality of life. We will measure participants' quality of life by having them fill out questionnaires. Both groups will have 2-hour group therapy sessions once a week, over the course of 8 weeks. During the sessions, you will be in a group of 6-10 participants, who may be a mixture of patients from both MSK and University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 18 years to No maximum
Interventions
Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)
Questionnaires
Supportive Psychotherapy (SG)
Conditions
Locations
University of California San Diego (Data collection and Data analysis)
San Diego, California 92103
United States
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey 07748
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey 07645
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (All Protocol Activities)
Commack, New York 11725
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York 10604
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York 10065
United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
Uniondale, New York 11553
United States