NCT03328169

Comparative Effectiveness Feasibility Trial for Insomnia Among Breast Cancer Survivors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: George Washington University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Women with breast cancer who report insomnia that started or worsened during breast cancer diagnosis and treatment will be enrolled in a group behavioral trial to one of two arms testing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia against a mindfulness-based therapy.

Detailed description

The investigators are recruiting breast cancer survivors with stage I-III or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group 0-1 breast cancer to enroll in a group-delivered behavioral trial for insomnia. The investigators are comparing mindfulness-based therapies delivered in an alternative medicine context to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. The intervention is 9 weeks, for two hours weekly.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer Female
• Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-Based Therapy	Participants are taught relaxation and mindfulness techniques to practice. They also learn about various alternative medicine modalities to which they can apply mindfulness with the target of reducing insomnia. The group meets weekly for 2 hours for a duration of 9 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia	A licensed psychologist is delivering Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia to women for 90-120 minutes weekly for nine weeks. The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia protocol is well documented in published literature.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-15
• Primary completion: 2018-06-28
• Completion: 2018-06-28
• First posted: 2017-11-01
• Last updated: 2018-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States