NCT06367959

Health Benefits of Writing Therapy Among Asian American Cancer Survivors

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 192 (estimated)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To learn more about participant experience as a Asian American immigrant breast cancer survivor and how writing about participant experiences may affect participant's health.

Detailed description

Primary Objective: To determine the effects of writing therapy on QOL and perceived stress at the 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Secondary Objective: To discover the effects of writing therapy on stress biomarkers and perceived stress at the 3-month follow-up. To explore the psychosocial and cultural mechanisms responsible for the benefits of writing therapy by using mixed methods.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Esays	Participants will write about their experiences One (1) time each week for 3 weeks at the beginning of the study and then 1 more time 9 months later. Participants will be asked to write about their experiences with cancer in English or Chinese and to write as much as they can for about 20-30 minutes for each essay.
BEHAVIORAL	Questionnaires	Participants will answer a questionnaire at the beginning of the study and then 3, 6, and 12 months later. Participants will also answer a questionnaire about their thoughts on writing and on the study after they complete the third essay.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-07-27
• Primary completion: 2026-08-31
• Completion: 2026-08-31
• First posted: 2024-04-16
• Last updated: 2025-12-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States