Neoplasms

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Breast Neoplasms

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Breast Diseases

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Disease Attributes

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: general health for week 1, diet-general information for week 2, and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the one of the following usual care conditions: general health for week 1, diet-general information for week 2, and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: cognitive restructuring for week 1, general health for week 2, and diet-general information and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: cognitive restructuring for week 1, general health for week 2, and diet-general information and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: scheduled worry practice for week 1, general health for week 2, and diet-general information and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: scheduled worry practice for week 1, general health for week 2, and diet-general information and diet-BCSS information (breast cancer survivor-specific) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: cognitive restructuring for week 1, worry practice for week 2, and General Health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: cognitive restructuring for week 1, scheduled worry practice for week 2, and General Health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, general health for week 2, and Diet - General and BCSS for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, general health for week 2, and Diet - General and BCSS for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, cognitive restructuring for week 2, and General health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, cognitive restructuring for week 2, and General health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, worry practice for week 2, and General health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, scheduled worry practice for week 2, and General health and Diet (General and BCSS) for week 3.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, worry practice for week 2, and cognitive restructuring for week 3. Telephone coaching was given.

Participants were exposed to the following conditions: Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation for week 1, scheduled worry practice for week 2, and cognitive restructuring for week 3.

Education on physiological effects of anxiety, instructions in diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation techniques, and audio-recordings 5-15 minutes in length that provide guided relaxation exercises (autogenic, imagery-based and progressive muscle relaxation).

Diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation

Education on the thought-emotion connection and exercises designed to better understand cognitions associated with increased anxiety and tools to evaluate and replace anxiety-generating cognitions. Includes an interactive tool (thought record) participants complete to facilitate this process.

Cognitive restructuring

Education on the association between avoidance and increased anxiety, and instructions on actively thinking about feared events to reduce avoidance and engage healthy coping strategies. Interactive tool includes a video-based guided worry practice session and an interactive worksheet and timer.

Scheduled worry practice

BCS will receive 5 TeleCoaching calls over a period of 4 weeks, to include one introductory phone call, followed by 4 calls focused each week on the current CSM; if the participant is not randomized to a CSM, TeleCoaching will provide reflective listening and encouragement.

Telephone coaching

Includes general health, diet-general information and diet-BCSS (breast cancer survivor-specific) information.

Usual care

Lynne Wagner, Ph.D.

The FoRtitude trial aims to evaluate an eHealth intervention designed to teach breast cancer survivors strategies to manage anxiety about cancer recurrence. The eHealth intervention includes educational content and interactive tools, designed to teach coping strategies and/or inert content, depending on the study participant's randomization assignment. The FoRtitude study will examine whether three coping strategies (relaxation training, cognitive restructuring, worry practice) are more effective than general health-related content in reducing fear of cancer recurrence.

The purpose of the FoRtitude trial is to develop and evaluate a targeted eHealth intervention designed to teach breast cancer survivors (BCS) coping strategies to manage fear about cancer recurrence (FoR). FoRtitude, a web-based program with interactive text messaging capabilities, was created to deliver a targeted intervention for BCS with moderate to severe FoR. FoRtitude consists of didactic content presented in written and video-based formats and interactive tools, designed to teach coping strategies. Commonly used cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques were tailored to the management of FoR and included diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and scheduled worry practice. Participants are encouraged to use the FoRtitude site several times per week over a period of 4 weeks. The investigators employed principles of user-centered design to create the FoRtitude website and incorporated feedback from 17 BCS to refine site content and improve FoRtitude usability.

After refining the FoRtitude site, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) to individually evaluate three coping strategies; each coping strategy will be compared to health management content. Inert content includes general health information and managing comorbid illnesses, information on general nutrition, and information on nutritional topics of interest to BCS. Half of the participants will be randomized to receive telecoaching, which included 3-4 telephone-based brief sessions with a motivational interviewer, aimed at improving adherence to use of the FoRtitude site. Participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, 4 weeks (immediately after completing the FoRtitude site) and at 8 weeks.

Study hypotheses:

1. BCS randomized to Relaxation training will report a greater reduction in fear of cancer recurrence from pre-post intervention than BCS randomized to inert (health management) content
2. BCS randomized to Cognitive restructuring will report a greater reduction in fear of cancer recurrence from pre-post intervention than BCS randomized to inert (health management) content
3. BCS randomized to Scheduled Worry practice will report a greater reduction in fear of cancer recurrence from pre-post intervention than BCS randomized to inert (health management) content
4. BCS randomized to receive Telecoaching will demonstrate higher adherence to using the FoRtitude site and will report a greater reduction in fear of cancer recurrence from pre-post intervention compared to BCS randomized to no Telecoaching
5. BCS randomized to a higher number of coping strategies will report a greater reduction in fear of cancer recurrence from pre-post intervention than BCS randomized to receive all inert content or fewer coping strategies (dose-response effect)

FoRtitude includes three CSMs: (1) diaphragmatic breathing and relaxation, (2) cognitive restructuring, and (3) scheduled worry practice. The fourth intervention component is (4) telephone coaching. We assigned two levels (yes, no) to each component. Evaluating individual and combined intervention components, each with two levels, results in a classic full factorial design with 16 (2 x 2 x 2 x 2) experimental conditions

Targeted eHealth Intervention to Reduce Fear of Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors

Targeted eHealth Intervention to Reduce Fear of Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors: The FoRtitude Trial

Questionnaire aims to better understand the experience of worries about cancer recurrence. Scaled from 1-4 with 4 being "all the time" and 1 being "never". The FCRI is the only FoR measure validated using interview to define 'caseness' and has demonstrated reliability and validity with English speaking survivors. FCRI total score to be calculated without including the Coping and Reassurance subscales defined a priori and determined by FoR theoretical model.

Questionnaire to assess illness-related distress and post-truamatic type anxiety

Questionnaire to assess concerns about recurrence among BCS

Questions administered using a computer adaptive test-based algorithm to assess overall anxiety

Questions administered using a computer adaptive test-based algorithm to assess depression

Questions administered using a computer adaptive test-based algorithm to assess sleep disturbances

Questions administered using a computer adaptive test-based algorithm to assess fatigue

Questionnaire to assess overall health and health-related quality of life

Questions administered using a computer adaptive test-based algorithm to assess patient-reported cognitive impairments

Questionnaire to assess confidence in one's ability to manage breast cancer

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization	Link
Targeted eHealth Intervention to Reduce Fear of Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors	NCT03384992	Breast Cancer Fear of Cancer	Diaphragmatic b... Cognitive restr... Scheduled worry... Telephone coach... Usual care	18 Years -	Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Targeted eHealth Intervention to Reduce Fear of Recurrence Among Breast Cancer Survivors	NCT03384992	Breast Cancer Fear of Cancer	Diaphragmatic b... Cognitive restr... Scheduled worry... Telephone coach... Usual care	18 Years -	Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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