NCT01819324

A Lifestyle Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

Targeting the Teachable Moment: A Lifestyle Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 173 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hartford Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

1. The purpose of the study is to test the effectiveness of a new mail-based intervention for breast cancer survivors compared with standard lifestyle management and no-treatment. 2. This intervention addresses both lifestyle factors such as dietary and physical activities and psychological issues specific to breast cancer survivors to improve healthy behaviors.

Detailed description

Participants will be assigned randomly to one of three groups: 1) newly developed mail-based intervention (Targeting the Teachable Moment Intervention; TTMI), 2) standard Lifestyle Intervention (SLM), and 3) usual care. Both TTMI and SLM focus on health behaviors, however TTMI additionally addresses psychosocial issues specific to breast cancer survivors. All participants will complete questionnaires at the time they start the study, the end of the 4 months, and 3 months later for a follow-up. If participants are assigned to any of the intervention group, they will receive materials every other week for 4 months. If participants are assigned to the usual care group, they will receive the same materials as the standard lifestyle intervention et the end of the 7 months.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Targeting the Teachable Moment	TTMI material (every other week for 4 months)
BEHAVIORAL	Standardized Lifestyle Management	SLM material (every other week for 4 months)

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-11-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2013-03-27
• Last updated: 2015-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States