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Brief Title: MUSE-S Headband System for Improving Anxiety and Insomnia Among Breast Cancer Survivors
Official Title: Pilot Study of a Wearable EEG Headband as a Meditation Device for Breast Cancer Survivors
Study ID: NCT06274034
Brief Summary: This early phase I trial evaluates the feasibility and impact of a meditation headband system (MUSE-S) for breast cancer survivors. Anxiety and insomnia are among the most common distresses in breast cancer survivors during and after chemotherapy, in part due to the side effects of chemotherapy, fear of cancer coming back, progression of the cancer, and uncertainty of the future. These distresses impair patients' well-being and quality of life (QOL) in general, and their cancer treatment adherence and effectiveness in particular. Meditation has been demonstrated to be an effective management tool of stress and anxiety and is given the highest level of evidence (grade A) in the systematic review-based guidelines by the Society of Integrative Medicine. The portable, interactive, electroencephalographic (EEG) Muse headband guided meditation has been shown to improve fatigue, QOL, and stress in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients. The MUSE-S Headband System may decrease anxiety and insomnia among breast cancer survivors.
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the frequency of use of meditation (a stress management technique) among breast cancer survivors. II. To evaluate the feasibility of a wearable EEG headband, MUSE S, together with smartphone or tablet application (app) to guide breast cancer survivors' interactive meditation and sleep support. III. To measure the impact of interactive meditation and sleep support through MUSE S among breast cancer survivors during or after chemotherapy on improving symptoms of anxiety and insomnia. OUTLINE: Patients wear the MUSE S headband to bed every night for 8 weeks and meditate using the MUSE phone app during day hours for at least 5 minutes over 8 weeks.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Name: Stacy D. D'Andre, M.D.
Affiliation: Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR