Comparative Effectiveness Feasibility Trial for Insomnia Among Breast Cancer Survivors



Status:Completed
Conditions:Breast Cancer, Cancer, Insomnia Sleep Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology, Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:8/17/2018
Start Date:April 15, 2017
End Date:June 28, 2018

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
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.

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.

Inclusion Criteria:

- American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Stage I-III or Eastern Cooperative Oncology
Group (ECOG) 0-1 breast cancer

- completed active treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) at least three months
prior

- within 5 years of treatment or still on adjuvant therapy

- Completes informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome

- practicing mindfulness techniques >1/wk
We found this trial at
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GW Center for Integrative Medicine
908 New Hampshire Avenue Northwest
Washington, District of Columbia 20052
Phone: 202-994-4676
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